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Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 52B: Revelation 6–16 is unavailable, but you can change that!

An advocate of source criticism and an expert in early Christian prophecy, David Aune examines the full range of secular and biblical literature in search of possible sources for the striking literary devices in Revelation—over three volumes and more than 1,500 pages. His mastery of an incredibly broad range of ancient writings enables him to compare every pericope of Revelation to the literary...

the first seal (see Zahn, 2:352–53). Further, the Messiah is not expected to appear before the Messianic woes are complete (Charles, 1:164). (b) The victorious progress of the Gospel. Since there appear to be insuperable obstacles in identifying Christ as the first cavalier, a number of interpreters have suggested that the conquering activity of the cavalier can represent the triumph of the Gospel (Zahn, 2:352–53; J. Weiss, Offenbarung, 60–62; Allo, 87–88). In the Christian adaptation of Jewish apocalyptic,
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