TY - JOUR
TI - The Two Witnesses of Christ in the history of exegesis (Rev 11,3-13)
AU - Żarnowski, Robert
TI - The Two Witnesses of Christ in the history of exegesis (Rev 11,3-13)
AB - The article presents a review of historic proposals for the identification of the mysterious Two Witnesses from Rev 11,3-13. This problem has been repeatedly undertaken in the history of exegesis, which results in a very large number of proposed solutions with a wide thematic scope. In order to organize the data, the proposals were divided into four groups – interpretations referring to the Old Testament and to the New Testament, extra-biblical identifications and symbolic identifications. In each group were presented several proposals and basic arguments put forward by individual researchers. It has also been noted that such a large number of proposed interpretations makes it difficult to present the whole issue concisely and very thoroughly, and therefore at the outset it is necessary to narrow the scope of research. In conclusion, the symbolic way of interpreting the text seems to be the most appropriate.
VL - 2019 - Volume XXIII
IS - nr 1 (36)
PY - 2019
SN - 2543-5442
C1 - 2544-3283
SP - 159
EP - 172
DO - 10.4467/25443283SYM.19.009.10638
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/sympozjum/article/dwoch-swiadkow-chrystusa-w-historii-egzegezy-ap-11-3-13
KW - witness
KW - testimony
KW - Revelation
KW - martyrdom
KW - identity