medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
At 03:47 AM 5/21/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Pat Sloane asked if I know of any 'ancient or medieval sources for the
>belief that 42 indicates "a time of trial."
>As far as I can tell, and I am no Bible expert, in the O.T. sources
>(Daniel and the Book of Kings on Helias and the 36-months draught) 42 is
>associated by the authors with a time of suffering. This association is
>understood and developed by John in the Apocalypse; it is interesting in
>this respect (but I don't have the reference, sorry) that according to
>Swete (1909) the Apocalypse was originally divided in 42 chapters, while
>the present division dates from the XIII century.
does anyone have any further information on the chapter divisions of
Revelation? i've always been struck by the coincidence of Augustine
writing the definitive "seal" on millennialism in book 20, chapter 7 of the
de civitate dei, commentary on 20:7 of Revelation. but then again, it cd
just be a coincidence.
richard
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