vol. 36, Issue #1

Online Journal Article: "Genre And Hermeneutics In Rev 20:1-6" - Vern Sheridan Poythress* Jets 36/1 (March 1993) 41-54

https://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/36/36-1/JETS_36-1_041-054_Poythress.pdf

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Complete article may be found here:
https://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/36/36-1/JETS_36-1_041-054_Poythress.pdf

GENRE AND HERMENEUTICS IN REV 20:1-6
VERN SHERIDAN POYTHRESS*
JETS 36/1 (March 1993) 41-54

Excerpt:
One's decision about the literary genre of Rev 20:1-6 is one of the most
crucial factors in its interpretation. To what genre does 20:1-6 belong?
Does the passage offer us a straightforward report concerning the future
(simply prewritten history), apocalyptic vision, prophetic prediction combined
with hortatory implications, or something else? This question of
genre is closely related to how we distinguish between symbolic and literal
description. The literary genre of Revelation guides readers in deciding
what in Revelation is intended as symbol and what is intended as a literal
or straightforward description of an historical event. --from the first page of the article