نمادگرایی در متن مقدس با تکیه بر عدد هفت در آیه هفت‌آسمان و مکاشفه یوحنا

پس از نشر این مقاله، مشخص شد که با اندک تغییری در نشریه دیگری منتشر شده است، لذا گردانندگان این مجله ضمن عذرخواهی از خوانندگان آن را از دور نشر خود خارج می‌کند. گفتنی است که این مقاله با فاصله زمانی اندکی منتشر شده بود و امکان بررسی و مشابه‌یابی برای ما مقدور نبود. امیدواریم این اقدام گام کوچکی باشد در جهت شفاف‌سازی فضای علمی و ترویج اخلاق پژوهش.

Symbolism in the Holy Books, with an Emphasis on the Number of Seven in the Verse of Seven Heavens in Quran and the Apocalypse of John in the Bible

Comparative study of religion is a new branch of science, almost onecenturyold, coming up with new approaches towards religious researches as in the field of comparative theology along with all of its subdivisions. Based on these approaches, at first, this article briefly refers to the principle of symbolism both in Quran and the Bible and then it comparatively surveys the symbolic meaning of the number of seven, coming in the verse of seven heavens in the former and the Apocalypse of John in the latter. Since the Muslim scholars have had less interreligious approaches in their studies, not so much cases of symbolic interpretations of this number could be found through their works as in those of their western counterparts. From a comparative point of view the conclusion is that the number of seven in both of the holy books conveys two meanings namely perfection and plurality.