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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...

a voice in the midst of the cherubim.” Unidentified heavenly voices were relatively rare in Greek tradition according to E. Bevan, Sibyls and Seers (London, 1928) 99–100, but they are common in Revelation (9:13; 10:4, 8; 11:12, 15; 12:10; 16:1, 17; 18:4; 19:5; 21:3). A voice from heaven is heard in Mart. Pol. 9:1 encouraging Polycarp to be strong. According to Josephus J. W. 6.300, those in the temple heard a voice of a host say, “We are departing hence” (see Tacitus Hist. 5.13). On heavenly voices
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