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Does a major medieval theologian associate the year since Creation 5994=9x666 with the Number of the Beast in Revelation?

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A [biblical study in 2023]( https://www.researchgate.net/publication/373453174_Biblical_Earth_Age_Anno_Mundi_5923_Second_Coming_of_Christ_in_Glory_Anno_Mundi_6001_and_an_Interpretation_of_the_Number_of_The_Beast_666_in_Revelation_as_the_Year_Anno_Mundi_5994_a_Biblical_Study) proposes an Interpretation of the Number of the Beast as the Anno Mundi 5994 (=9x666) in combination with the assumption of a Second Coming of Jesus Christ in Glory in the year Anno Mundi 6001 (the latter being well known hypothesis in the Talmud -only of course as a first coming of the Messiah- as well as all along the Middle Ages-see also [Year 6000](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_6000)) . According to the Bible, the last seven years prior to the Second Coming of Christ in Glory form the [Tribulation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Tribulation) , which is also the final (year-)week of Daniel's Prophecy of Seventy Weeks, found in Daniel chapter 9. During the Tribulation the Beast and the Antichrist reign. The year Anno Mundi 5994 (=6001-7) is right at the beginning of the Tribulation period and might be the year in which the Beast/Antichrist rises to power. So my question is: are there some major medieval theologians who interprete the Anno Mundi 5994 as the year in which the beast will rise to power? Using google I found the following old books - [The Coalition of the Beast of the Apocalypse and His Ten Regal Confederates ...](https://books.google.de/books?id=_UFVAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9#v=onepage&q&f=false) - [Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon Aller Wissenschafften und ..., Band 36](https://books.google.de/books?id=VkxXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA865) - [The Measure of the Circle. Perfected in January, 1845](https://books.google.de/books?id=SIdaAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA87&lpg=PA87) which all associate the number 5994=9x666 with the Number of the Beast, however not exactly the same way with the 2023 study and not as fully developed hypotheses. And I am not quite sure whether the interpretation has been well known and wide spread all along the Middle Ages (just currently not uploaded to google books). So the historians and theologians among us are asked. Thank you.
Asked by Valentin (62 rep)
May 12, 2024, 10:30 AM
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