CISMOR Seminar

CISMOR Seminar no2./2021

“Early Jewish and early Christian Apocalypticism”

Date： 2021/07/03 15:00-16:30
Place： Online (Zoom Platform)
Speaker：
  • Prof. Dr. Samuel Vollenweider (Professor of the Study of New Testament and early Christian Literature Faculty of Theology, University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Summary：
“Apocalypticism” is a broad movement in early Judaism, originating in the 3rd cent. BC, which accompanied not only ancient Judaism but also deeply affected early Christianity. Apocalyptic texts offer a religious outlook claiming to derive from dreams, visions, or otherworldly journeys, modes of revelation that convey insight into mysteries of the heavenly world and/or the course and climax of history. In terms of cultural theory, apocalypticism often represents religious and theological positions within a subculture that opposes the dominant global culture. This lecture will present exemplarily some apocalyptic texts against their cultural background. The focus will be on the revelations of Enoch (a biblical patriarch before the Flood), and the Revelation of John, the book with the “seven seals”, which is found in the New Testament.

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