Intimations of Revelation 19–21 in the early North African Christian communities

Vercesi, M. (2021) Intimations of Revelation 19–21 in the early North African Christian communities. Open Theology, 7, pp. 413-425. (doi: 10.1515/opth-2020-0170)

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to provide a survey of the interpretation of Revelation 19–21 in the early North African Christian communities (II–III century). These chapters refer to one of the most controversial passages of John’s Apocalypse (the eschatological war, the millennial kingdom, and the descent of the New Jerusalem). After a brief methodological reflection, the article will investigate how these chapters were interpreted not only in the early Latin authors but also how this material was employed in martyrdom accounts as well. The study, in fact, will begin with the first Latin document of Christian literature, the Acta Martyrum Scilitanorum, followed by the corpus of Tertullian, the Passio Sanctarum Perpetuae et Felicitatis, and the writings of Cyprian.

• Item Type: Articles
• Additional Information: This publication has been financed by Carlsberg Foundation, grant number CF19-0832.
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Vercesi, Dr Martina
• Authors: Vercesi, M.
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > Theology and Religious Studies
• Journal Name: Open Theology
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• ISSN: 2300-6579
• ISSN (Online): 2300-6579
• Published Online: 09 September 2021
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2021 Martina Vercesi
• First Published: First published in Open Theology 7: 413-425
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License