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- Title
APOLLO, GRECO-ROMAN PROPHECY, AND THE RIDER ON THE WHITE HORSE IN REV 6:2.
- Authors
Kerkeslager, Allen
- Abstract
The article presents interpretation of the symbolism of the white horse and its rider in relation to the first seal as depicted in the Biblical passage of Revelation 6:2. Topics addressed include the symbolic significance of the horse's color, information on the first seal as a reference to false messiahs, and allusions to the Greco-Roman god of Apollo within the passage.
- Subjects
BIBLE. Revelation; RIDER-gods; SYMBOLISM in the Bible; NEW Testament criticism &; interpretation; FOUR Horsemen of the Apocalypse; APOLLO (Deity); CHRISTIANITY; PROPHECY; ANCIENT (Literary period)
- Publication
Journal of Biblical Literature, 1993, Vol 112, Issue 1, p116
- ISSN
0021-9231
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.2307/3267871