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Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 52C: Revelation 17–22 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...

however, a reference in John 5:28–29 that could be construed as referring to two resurrections: “All who in their graves will hear his voice and those who have done good will come out to the resurrection of life [εἰς ἀνάστασιν ζωῆς], and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment [εἰς ἀνάστασιν κρίσεως].” of course, this refers to a single general resurrection that has two aspects, the fate of the righteous and the fate of the wicked. There are some references in early Jewish
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