Did David Koresh Plagiarize Cyrus R. Teed?

During the standoff between federal agents and the Branch Davidians in 1993 at the Branch Davidians’ property outside Waco, Texas named Mount Carmel Center, David Koresh proclaimed that he was the Endtime Christ who would reveal the meaning of the Seven Seals of the book of Revelation. One hundred y...

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1. VerfasserIn: Arnold, J. Phillip (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: University of Californiarnia Press 2023
In: Nova religio
Jahr: 2023, Band: 26, Heft: 3, Seiten: 101-115
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Teed, Cyrus Reed 1839-1908 / Koresh, David 1959-1993 / Davidianer / Massensuizid / Theologie / Ähnlichkeit / Nachahmung
RelBib Classification:FA Theologie
KDH Christliche Sondergemeinschaften
NBB Offenbarungslehre
weitere Schlagwörter:B Koresh
B David Koresh
B Revelation
B Cyrus R. Teed
B Koreshan Unity
B Seven Seals
B Vernon Howell
B Branch Davidians
B Koreshans
B Lamb
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Zusammenfassung:During the standoff between federal agents and the Branch Davidians in 1993 at the Branch Davidians’ property outside Waco, Texas named Mount Carmel Center, David Koresh proclaimed that he was the Endtime Christ who would reveal the meaning of the Seven Seals of the book of Revelation. One hundred years earlier there was another Koresh, Cyrus R. Teed, who also claimed to reveal the Seven Seals from his Koreshan Unity center in Estero, Florida. David Koresh echoed many of Teed’s, i.e. the earlier self-proclaimed Koresh’s, teachings. What kind of connection, if any, existed between these two aspiring Endtime messiahs? Using primary sources, such as Teed’s magazine, The Flaming Sword, and transcriptions of the FBI audiotapes of negotiations with David Koresh and other Branch Davidians recorded during the 51-day siege in 1993, the answers emerge. Since these answers indicate a link between the earlier Koresh and David Koresh, they also raise the issue of how this information about the earlier Koresh and his theology could have been used by FBI agents to persuade the Branch Davidians to come out of the Mount Carmel Center residence and be taken into custody.
ISSN:1541-8480
Enthält:Enthalten in: Nova religio
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1525/nr.2023.26.3.101