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The Imagery of the Book of Revelation : The Identification and Importance of its Dominant Theme Summary

After an introduction to the imagery and symbolism of the book of Revelation, and a brief review of the treatment of this subject by modern scholars, a search for the dominant symbolical theme of the text is proposed. This is defined as an imaginal or symbolical framework that gives order and unity to the various visions composing the book and, at the same time, explains its widely-acknowledged visionary and linguistic unity. The dominant symbolical theme is then identified by outlining and evaluating the five main symbolical themes in the text: the messianic war, the eschatological exodus, the justice and judgment of God, the cosmic transformation and the new creation, and the heavenly temple and its liturgy. The study concludes by recommending ‘the heavenly temple and its liturgy’ as the dominant symbolical theme, briefly mentioning some implications of this finding for the interpretation of the book.