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A Survey of the Literary Structure of the Apocalypse

Authors: AKPA Michael

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: African Journal For Biblical Studies, University Of Ibadan

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In spite of the observation that the literary structure of the Apocalypse of John I is a significant key to the interpretation of its messages, one of the most controversial aspects of the study of the book, perhaps, is its literary structure. The lack of scholarly consensus on the literary structure of the Apocalypse has grown to the point that the claim is true that almost every interpreter of the book produces a different literary structure. In fact, J. Ramsey Michaels encourages every exegete to produce his/her own detailed structure of the Apocalypse because it should become the one most useful to you, precisely because it is yours. This view implies that there would be many literary structures as there are exegetes of the book. In essence, this threatens to reduce the study of the literary structure of the Apocalypse to absurdity. In response to this threat, this paper surveys the various proposals that have been made in relation to the study of the literary structure of the Apocalypse. It also aims at ascertaining the positive contributions that each proposal has made as well as pointing out apparent weaknesses that may characterise each proposal on the literary structure of the Apocalypse of John.

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AKPA,M. . (2010). A Survey of the Literary Structure of the Apocalypse, 28 (), 78-78.

AKPA,M. . "A Survey of the Literary Structure of the Apocalypse" 28, no (), (2010): 78-78.

AKPA,M. and . (2010). A Survey of the Literary Structure of the Apocalypse, 28 (), pp78-78.

AKPAM, . A Survey of the Literary Structure of the Apocalypse. 2010, 28 ():78-78.

AKPA,Michael , . "A Survey of the Literary Structure of the Apocalypse", 28 . (2010) : 78-78.

A.Michael , "A Survey of the Literary Structure of the Apocalypse" vol.28, no., pp. 78-78, 2010.

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