John's Use of the Old Testament in Revelation

Gregory K. Beale

• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Year: 1999
• ISBN:
  9781441167248
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Studies

This book explores the variety of ways John contextually uses the Old Testament in the Apocalypse. The introduction surveys and evaluates recent studies, which have been divided over the issue of whether or not John uses the Old Testament with sensitivity to its original literary context (Beale, Fekkes and Bauckham argue in the affirmative, while Ruiz and Moyise contend that this was not John's focus and see implications for 'reader-response criticism'). The remainder of the book looks at various ways in which John uses the Old Testament and argues that there is a reciprocal interpretative relationship between the Old Testament and the Apocalypse. Studies of special interest concern the bearing of the Old Testament on Revelation's eschatology, on the issue of the millennium, and on the thorny problem of the grammatical solecisms.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Editorial Board
• Title
• Copyright
• CONTENTS
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• CHAPTER 1 Introduction: Recent Discussion and Debate about the Use of the Old Testament in Revelation
• CHAPTER 2 The Various Ways John Uses the Old Testament
• CHAPTER 3 The Influence of the Old Testament upon the Eschatology of Revelation
• CHAPTER 4 The Influence of the Old Testament upon the Symbolism of Revelation
• CHAPTER 5 The Influence of the Old Testament on the Grammar of Revelation:
• CHAPTER 6 The Bearing of the Old Testament on the Interpretation of the Millennium in Revelation 20.1 -7
• Bibliography
• Index of References
• Index of Authors