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== Book of Revelation and parallelism of Hebrew poetry ==

== Book of Revelation and parallelism of Hebrew poetry ==

[[File:Apostle-John.jpg|left|thumbnail|100px|Stain glass depiction of the [[John the Apostle|Apostle John]] ]]

[[File:Apostle-John.jpg|left|thumbnail|50px|Stain glass depiction of the [[John the Apostle|Apostle John]] ]]

Hans K. LaRondelle wrote in his article ''Understanding the [[book of Revelation]]: Three interpretative keys'' which has published in the journal ''Ministry'':

Hans K. LaRondelle wrote in his article ''Understanding the [[book of Revelation]]: Three interpretative keys'' which has published in the journal ''Ministry'':

{{cquote|As a Hebrew Christian, [[John the Apostle|John]] adopted Israel's covenant language and style of expression. This was completely familiar to Jewish Christians acquainted with Moses, the Psalms, and the Prophets. One important literary feature is illustrative of this and has hermeneutical significance: "The parallelism of the style is too obvious to be ignored. The author repeatedly breaks forth into verse in which the parallelism of Hebrew poetry is carefully observed."<ref>[https://www.ministrymagazine.org/archive/2003/01/understanding-the-book-of-revelation.html ''Understanding the book of Revelation: Three interpretative keys''] by Hans K. LaRondelle, Ministry</ref>}}

{{cquote|As a Hebrew Christian, [[John the Apostle|John]] adopted Israel's covenant language and style of expression. This was completely familiar to Jewish Christians acquainted with Moses, the Psalms, and the Prophets. One important literary feature is illustrative of this and has hermeneutical significance: "The parallelism of the style is too obvious to be ignored. The author repeatedly breaks forth into verse in which the parallelism of Hebrew poetry is carefully observed."<ref>[https://www.ministrymagazine.org/archive/2003/01/understanding-the-book-of-revelation.html ''Understanding the book of Revelation: Three interpretative keys''] by Hans K. LaRondelle, Ministry</ref>}}