conclusions reached by earlier commentators. There are so many studies which are given substantial treatment that they cannot be summarized adequately here without detracting from the excellent manner in which they are discussed by Bauckham. Nevertheless, one of his analyses deserves brief comment, since it is so novel and so well argued, and is representative of the fresh approaches he takes elsewhere in the book.27 Bauckham argues persuasively that the numbering of Rev. 7:4–8 suggests that those
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