Die sieben Sendschreiben Apk 2-3

English Summary: The present study deals with a central and repeatedly raised question within the research on the New Testament Apocalypse of John, namely the question of the literary and historical relationship of the epistles Apk 2f. to the apocalyptic main part Apk 4-22. Based on a newly accentuated definition of the method of literary criticism, the texts of the seven epistles (Apk 2f.), as we...