Doctoral Degrees (Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology)

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    Preterism, futurism or historicism? : a theological evaluation of three interpretive schools of Apocalyptic Prophecy within the doctrine of the last things
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-01-29) Stander, Reinhardt; Vosloo, Robert; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Theology. Dept. of Systematical Theology and Missiology.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As the interest in eschatology within academia as well as amongst many Christians increases, the natural outflow of apocalyptic prophecy interpretation has given occasion to two main popular interpretations, namely futurism and preterism – even to the extent of questionably influencing politics and theocratic movements. With the aim of identifying an adequate school of apocalyptic interpretation within the discourse of eschatology, this theological study within systematic theology analyses the way apocalyptic prophecy is interpreted within broader discourses on eschatology. The different hermeneutical assumptions of the various interpretation schools of apocalyptic models are researched and challenged. Preterism, which assigns apocalyptic prophecy’s fulfilment to the past; futurism, which consigns apocalyptic prophecy’s fulfilment to the future; and historicism, which disperses apocalyptic prophecy’s fulfilment throughout the lapse of history, are the focus of this study. The study is directed towards determining whether the more adequate system for interpreting apocalyptic prophecy can be identified within the doctrine of the last things (eschatology). An analysis model is developed whereby the three interpretational schools are critically evaluated. The consequential proposal from this research is a historicist hermeneutic.