Pilchan Lee
The New Jerusalem in the Book of Revelation A Study of Revelation 21–22 in the Light of its Background in Jewish Tradition
[Das neue Jerusalem in der O enbarung des Johannes. Eine Studie der O enbarung 21–22 vor dem Hintergrundes der jüdischen Tradition. Von Pilchan Lee.]
Published in English. There is a development between expectation for the rebuilding of the New Jerusalem/Temple in the Old Testament and the coming of the New Jerusalem/Temple in Revelation. In Revelation, there is a dynamic relation between the New Jerusalem and the Heavenly Jerusalem: the New Jerusalem is the descent of the Heavenly Jerusalem. Moreover, there is no Temple building which was expected as the eschatological promise in the Old Testament but rather God and the Lamb is the Temple. How can this shift be explained? Pilchan Lee examines the exegetical tradition which existed between the Old Testament and Revelation. He assumes that as the exegetical tradition, the early Jewish (apocalyptic) literature functions as a key element for forming the idea of the New Jerusalem in Revelation. John's main argument is that the church (which is symbolized by several images) is placed in heaven now (chapters 4–20) and the church (which is symbolized by the New Jerusalem) will descend to the earth from heaven in the future (21–22).
Survey of contents
1. The Jerusalem/Temple Idea in the Old Testament Introduction – The Book of Ezekiel – The Book of Isaiah – The Book of Jeremiah – The Book of Zechariah 2. The Jerusalem/Temple Idea in the Early Jewish Literature Introduction – 1 (Ethiopic Apocalypse of) Enoch – 2 (Slavonic Apocalypse of) Enoch – Tobit – Sectarian Works at Qumran – The Fourth Book of Ezra – 1 Baruch – 2 (Syriac Apocalypse of) Baruch – Baruch – The Apocalypse of Abraham – Pseudo-Philo 2001. XVI, 342 pages. WUNT II 129 (Latin Title, Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum: Hereafter LAB) – The Sibylline Oracles, Book 5 – Yavnean Movement: Rabbinic Response to the Temple Destruction – Bar Kokhba Revolt ISBN 978-3-16-147477-4 3. The Jerusalem/Temple Idea in the New Testament sewn paper 69,00 € 4. The New Jerusalem in Revelation Introduction – Structural Analysis: Structure and Composition – Contextual Analysis I – Contextual Analysis II: Babylon the ISBN 978-3-16-157173-2 Harlot (17:1–19:10) and the Transition from Babylon to the Great to the New Jerusalem (19:11–21:8) – Exegetical Analysis: The eBook PDF 64,00 € New Jerusalem (21:1–22:5) – Thematic Analysis: The Relation of the Heavenly Temple and the New Jerusalem in Revelation
Pilchan Lee Born 1959; currently Associate Professor and head of the New Testament department in Westminster Graduate School of Theology, Seoul, Korea.
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