This volume addresses one of the key issues in the study of the Book of Revelation and the apocalyptic genre more broadly – the re-use within these texts of the Jewish Scriptures. A range of expert contributors analyse specific themes and passages, and also explore wider methodological questions, aiming particularly to engage with the ground-breaking work in this field of Steve Moyise.
Divided into three sections, the book first focuses on hermeneutical questions, such as the role of ‘typology’ in interpretation, and the relationship between the ‘original meaning’ of a scriptural text and the sense it acquires in a new literary context. In the following section, a series of chapters offers detailed exegetical engagement with the Book of Revelation. These probe the scriptural background of some of its major theological themes (e.g. time, sounds and silence) and significant passages (e.g. the Song of the Lamb and other hymns), and highlight fresh aspects of its reception by both ancient and modern audiences. The final section considers the place of scripture and its interpretation in a selection of other early Jewish and early Christian apocalyptic writings (including 1 Enoch, Paul’s Letters and the First Apocryphal Apocalypse of John).
Dedication Abbreviations List of Contributors Introduction: Scripture in Revelation and Apocalyptic - Steve Smith, St Mellitus College, UK and Susan Docherty, Newman University Birmingham, UK Part 1: Re-Using Scripture: Methodological Issues Chapter 1: Typology and Eschatology: the Scriptural Shaping of Imagery in the Book of Revelation - Frances Young, Birmingham University (Emerita) UK Chapter 2: Smells Like Teen Spirit: Steve Moyise and G. K. Beale on the Use of Scripture in Revelation in the 1990s - Garrick V. Allen, University of Glasgow, UK Chapter 3: Dreaming with Scripture: Revisiting the Beale-Moyise Debate - Benjamin Sargent, Independent Scholar, UK Part 2: Scriptures and Interpretation in the Book of Revelation Chapter 4: Something Old, Something New: The Origins of the Song of Moses in Rev 15.3 - David M. Allen, Queen’s Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, UK Chapter 5: Echoes from the Septuagint Psalter in the Apocalyptic Texture of Revelation - Gert J. Steyn, Theologische Hochschule Ewersbach, Germany and University of Pretoria, South Africa. Chapter 6: The OT Background of Sound and Silence in the Book of Revelation - Beate Kowalski, TU Dortmund University, Germany Chapter 7: The Reimagining of Theological Time: Revelation’s Use of the OT in Defining its Temporality - Ian Paul, St Nic’s, Nottingham UK and Fuller Theological Seminary, USA Chapter 8: The Expositio Apocalypseos of the Venerable Bede: An Example of Early Medieval Preoccupation with Construing Time and its End - Paul M. Collins, Independent Scholar, UK Chapter 9: Apocalyptic on Screen - Can the Hermeneutical Flow Really be Reversed? The TV Drama Series Years and Years and the Book of Revelation - Clive Marsh, Queen’s Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, UK Part 3: Scripture in Early Jewish and Early Christian Apocalyptic Writings Chapter 10: The Psalms in 1 Enoch - Susan E. Docherty, Newman University, UK Chapter 11: Revelation in Johannine Perspective: On Seeing the Glory in John 1:14 - Wendy E. S. North, Durham University, UK Chapter 12: The Identity and Destiny of “All Israel” in Paul’s Apocalyptic Imagination: Revisiting Romans 11:26 - B.J. Oropeza, Azusa Pacific University, USA Chapter 13: The Wedding Imagery of the Apocalypse and Paul - Lionel North, Independent Scholar, UK Chapter 14: David the Prophet in the First Apocryphal Apocalypse of John - Craig A. Evans, Houston Baptist University, USA Bibliography Index
Susan Docherty is Professor of New Testament and Early Judaism at Newman University Birmingham, UK. Steve Smith is Lecturer in New Testament studies at St Mellitus College, UK.
