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撮要

一個合宜的詮釋方法，必須同時處理天啟文獻中的神學思想，和其所使用既傳統又怪異的象徵語言。本文試用大衛森的預表詮譯法，解讀啟示錄第十七章的部分內容，鋪陳「巴比倫」的奧祕。

ABSTRACT

Both the theology of apocalyptic literature and the fantastic images it regularly employs make these works rather susceptible to typological interpretations. In this article, the typological framework proposed by Richard M. Davidson is modified and applied to the mystery of Babylon in Rev 17. The exercise results in a number of conclusions, one of which suggests that anti-theistic types like Babylon are capable of multiple manifestations and stages of fulfillment.

原載於《建道學刊》18期（2002年7月），頁1-19。