Editing Christian eschatology (section)

===Preterism v. Historicism===
Expositors of the traditional Protestant interpretation of Revelation known as [[Historicism (Christian eschatology)|Historicism]] have often maintained that Revelation was written in AD 96 and not [[Siege of Jerusalem (70)|AD 70]]. [[Edward Bishop Elliott]], in the ''[[Horae Apocalypticae]]'' (1862), argues that John wrote the book in exile on [[Patmos]] "at the close of the reign of Domitian; that is near the end of the year 95 or beginning of 96". He notes that Domitian was assassinated in September 96.<ref name = "ElliottV1">{{Citation | first = Edward Bishop | last = Elliott | author-link = Edward Bishop Elliott | title = Horae Apocalypticae | publisher = Seely, Jackson and Halliday | place = London | edition = 5th | volume = I | year = 1862| title-link = Horae Apocalypticae }}</ref>{{rp|47}} Elliot begins his lengthy review of historical evidence by quoting [[Irenaeus]], a disciple of [[Polycarp]]. Polycarp was a disciple of John the [[Apostles of Jesus Christ|Apostle of Jesus Christ]]. Irenaeus mentions that the Apocalypse was seen "no very long time ago [but] almost in our own age, toward the end of the reign of Domitian".<ref name = "ElliottV1" />{{rp|32}}

Other historicists have seen no significance in the date that Revelation was written, and have even held to an early date<ref>{{cite book | last =Thomas | first =John | author-link =John Thomas (Christadelphian) | title = Eureka: An Exposition of the Apocalypse (In Three Volumes) | year =1861 | title-link =Eureka: An Exposition of the Apocalypse }}</ref> while Kenneth L. Gentry Jr., makes an exegetical and historical argument for the pre-AD 70 composition of Revelation.<ref>Gentry, Jr., Th.D., K. L. (1989). Before Jerusalem Fell. Retrieved from http://www.entrewave.com/freebooks/docs/a_pdfs/kgbj.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516224723/http://www.entrewave.com/freebooks/docs/a_pdfs/kgbj.pdf |date=2013-05-16 }}</ref>