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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...

of the Synoptic tradition (Matt 5:18 = Luke 16:17; Mark 13:31 = Matt 24:35 = Luke 21:33) and occasionally appears in second-century Christian literature (2 Pet 3:10–13; Did 10:6). The prophetic conception of a new heaven and a new earth in which Edenic conditions prevail is found in Isa 65:17–25. This idea is based on the supposition that a transformation of creation is necessary so that the perfect life of the eternal kingdom will be set within a perfect environment. The descent of the New Jerusalem
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