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- Title
3. A linguagem de pureza em Apocalipse 14,4.
- Authors
Menezes, Edcarlos V.
- Abstract
In Revelation 14,1-5 John describes the followers of Jesus under the symbol of the 144,000. In this description, he uses the purity language to contrast them with the followers of the Beast and worshipers of his image. In 4,4, they are described as "those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins". These words are considered puzzling and are among the most difficult to elucidate throughout the Book of Revelation. This study is an exegetical analysis of this passage, which uses the Close Reading method to elucidate the meaning of the 144,000 sexual purity. The analysis of the literary and linguistic context as well as the structure of the passage and the themes and words present in it suggest that John used this language to emphasize the theme of the moral and spiritual purity that the followers of Jesus must develop in the end time.
- Subjects
LANGUAGE purism; APOCALYPSE; ESCHATOLOGY; BIBLE. Revelation; JESUS Christ; ANIMAL worship; CHASTITY; WOMEN
- Publication
DavarLogos, 2020, Vol 19, Issue 2, p71
- ISSN
1666-7832
- Publication type
Article