Dave Mathewson on Assessing Old Testament Allusions in the Book of Revelation

The following article is now available in PDF:

David Mathewson, "Assessing Old Testament Allusions in the Book of Revelation," The Evangelical Quarterly 75.4 (Oct.-Dec. 2003): 311-325.

George Eldon Ladd on Apocalyptic and New Testament Theology

The following article is now on-line in PDF:

George Eldon Ladd, "Apocalyptic and New Testament Theology," Robert Banks, ed., Reconciliation and Hope. New Testament Essays on Atonement and Eschatology Presented to L.L. Morris on his 60th Birthday. Carlisle: The Paternoster Press, 1974. pp.285-296.

Ladd sums up his article in these words:

we have tried to show that the New Testament owes its basic structure to Jewish apocalyptic, which was in turn derived from the Old Testament. Apart from the inauguration of the age to come, God’s work of salvation remains ever incomplete. Because we have already experienced the powers of the age to come, it remains more than a hope; it is a certainty based both on the teaching of Scripture and on Christian experience.

G.R. Beasley-Murray on How Christian is the Book of Revelation

The following article is now on-line in PDF:

G.R. Beasley-Murray, “How Christian is the Book of Revelation?” Robert Banks, ed., Reconciliation and Hope. New Testament Essays on Atonement and Eschatology Presented to L.L. Morris on his 60th Birthday. Carlisle: The Paternoster Press, 1974. pp.275-284.

The Christian nature of the book of Revelation has often been called into question. Beasley-Murray argues that its message is consistent with teachings found elsewhere in the New Testament.

Leon Morris on Apocalyptic

The following book is now available on-line in PDF:

Leon Morris, Apocalyptic, 2nd edn. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans / Leicester: IVP, 1973. Pbk. ISBN: 0851113125. pp.128.

Thanks to the kind permission of the Leon & Mildred Morris Foundation I am pleased to be able to rescue this helpful little book from obscurity and make it available to a new generation of students. As Leon Morris writes in his preface:

This little book is not meant to be a profound or original contribution to a difficult subject. It is written out of two convictions: the one, that apocalyptic is an important part of the background of the New Testament, the other, that it is not well understood by the average student. Indeed, I fear that the average student would be hard put to it to give more than one or two characteristics of this kind of literature. I have written accordingly to help him get the picture. Recog­nizing that experts in apocalyptic differ widely among them­selves and that there are many points of uncertainty, I have tried to show what are the generally held opinions and what are the controverted areas. This then is simply an intro­duction to a very important but little understood part of the background of the New Testament.

Vox Evangelica Volume 12 (1981) now on-line

The following articles are now on-line in PDF format:

Alan Millard, "Solomon in all his Glory (Laing Lecture for 1979)," Vox Evangelica 12 (1981): 5-18.

Most studies of Solomon concentrate on his wisdom rather than his wealth. In this article Professor Millard demonstrates that the account of the great wealth attributed to him is quite credible.

Richard T. France, "The Worship of Jesus (Laing Lecture for 1980)," Vox Evangelica 12 (1981): 19-33.

A helpful study of how the worship of Jesus in the Gospels demonstrates how the early church understood his nature.

John W. Baigent, "Jesus as Priest," Vox Evangelica 12 (1981): 34-44.

The article concludes (in part):

Ideas are expressed in various parts of the NT which do indeed bear a distinct affinity to the high priest concept of Hebrews. Some statements could imply that the author had the beginnings of such a concept, or are consonant with the possibility that he held such a concept. Some statements could even have sparked off, or been the spring-board for, the development of the high priest concept of Hebrews. But no reference which we have examined compels us to attribute to the writer a priestly concept of Jesus. Certainly we are unable to follow those who think that a sacrificial interpretation of the death of Christ necessarily involves the idea of his priesthood. This assumes that when a person uses a metaphor (e.g. sacrifice) he inevitably has all aspects of the picture in mind. It is clearly not the case. We cannot resist the impression that those who claim to find a priestly view of Jesus in other parts of the NT have imported the idea from Hebrews and read it back into these passages.

M. Max B. Turner, "Spirit Endowment in Luke-Acts: Some Linguistic Considerations," Vox Evangelica 12 (1981): 45-63.

Donald Guthrie, "The Lamb in the Structure of the Book of Revelation," Vox Evangelica 12 (1981): 64-71.

A.N.S. Lane, "Did Calvin believe in Freewill?" Vox Evangelica 12 (1981): 72-90.

George Eldon Ladd on Revelation and Jewish Apocalyptic

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G.E. Ladd, "The Revelation and Jewish Apocalyptic," The Evangelical Quarterly 29.2 (1957): 94-100.

Despite my best efforts to track down the copyright holder of this article I was unsuccessful, so if you know who holds the rights, please contact me. I have a few more articles by Ladd from Evangelical Quarterly which will appear shortly.

This article provides a pithy summary of the differences between the book of Revelation and other contemporary works of Jewish Apocalyptic.

G.R. Beasley-Murray on the Second Coming in the Book of Revelation

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George R. Beasley-Murray, "The Second Coming in the Book of Revelation," The Evangelical Quarterly 23.1 (1951): 40-45.

My thanks to Mrs Beasley-Murray and the Revd Paul Beasley-Murray for their kind permission to reproduce, not only this article, but also all other articles by Dr G.R. Beasley-Murray published in The Evangelical Quarterly.

Richard Bauckham on the Role of the Spirit in the Apocalypse

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Richard J. Bauckham, "The Role of the Spirit in the Apocalypse," Evangelical Quarterly 52.2 (Apr.-June. 1980): 66-83.

Since the Apocalypse is the one book in the New Testament which expressly claims to be a prophecy, a study of the leading part which it gives to the Spirit is bound to be of special interest and importance. Some years ago Dr. Bauckham read a paper on this subject to the New Testament Study Group of the Tyndale Fellowship for Biblical Research. This article is a revised version of that paper.

[Adapted from the EQ editor's foreword]