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The Climax of Prophecy: Studies on the Book of Revelation is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Apocalypse of John is a work of immense importance and learning. Yet among the major works of early Christianity included in the New Testament it has received relatively little scholarly attention. This work is a significant contribution to remedying this neglect. The author examines the meticulous literary artistry, creative imagination, radical political critique and profound theology of...

of the throne of God in chapter 4 by a literary device which is discussed in detail elsewhere in this volume.14 It consists of a formula which is expanded on each occurrence, thus: 4:5: ἀστραπαὶ καὶ φωναὶ καὶ βρονταί 8:5: βρονταὶ καὶ φωναὶ καὶ ἀστραπαὶ καὶ σεισμός 11:19 ἀστραπαὶ καὶ φωναὶ καὶ βρονταὶ καὶ σεισμὸς καὶ χάλαζα μεγάλη 16:18–21: ἀστραπαὶ καὶ φωναὶ καὶ βρονται καὶ σεισμὸς … μέγας καὶ χάλαζα μεγάλη The formula, whose core is an allusion to the Sinai theophany
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