Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 93 No. 2, 2023.
Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.53745/bs.93.2.1
New Jerusalem in the Book of Revelation – Utopia or Reality?
Ivan Benaković
orcid.org/0000-0003-2805-5137
; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet u Đakovu Sveučilišta Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, Đakovo, Hrvatska
Abstract
The two final chapters of the Book of Revelation introduce the famous account of the new city of Jerusalem. While, on the one hand, we admire the beauty of this depiction, at the same time we are truly confused and wonder what the meaning of such a presentation would be (cf. Rev 21-22). Indeed, taking into account the literary genre of the Book of Revelation and its symbolic discourse, we come to a possible answer in some way about the intent and meaning of the depiction of the new Jerusalem in the Book of Revelation. However, the description of the new city of Jerusalem still presents us with the fundamental question – is the depiction of the new city of Jerusalem in the Book of Revelation a utopia or reality? Therefore, the author of this article, taking into account the recent research of this apocalyptic book, seeks to comprehensively approach the answer to the question about the reality of the depiction of the new city of Jerusalem in the Book of Revelation.
Keywords
New Jerusalem; Book of Revelation; city; utopia; reality
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308071
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Publication date:
21.9.2023.
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