Fekkes, Jan, III. ” ‘His Bride Has Prepared Herself’: Revelation 19-21 and Isaian Nuptial Imagery.” Journal of Biblical Literature 109 (1990): 269-87. One of the important studies of the bride metaphor. See also McIlraith, Love and Huber, Like a Bride Adorned as well as Fekkes, Isaiah.
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Use of the Old Testament
Huber, Lynn R. 2007. Like a Bride Adorned: Reading Metaphor in John’s Apocalypse. Emory Studies in Early Christianity. New York: T&T Clark International. xi + 221 pp. The bride metaphor is a powerful one. It has been investigated by McIlraith and Jan Fekkes (and others). Studies like this one are welcome additions to this topic. [...]
Mathewson, Dave L. New Heaven and a New Earth: The Meaning and Function of the Old Testament in Revelation 21.1-22.5. Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series, 238. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2003. xii + 282 pp. This volume, based on the author’s Ph.D.-dissertation “The Meaning and Function of the OT in [...]
Brueggemann, Dale A. The Use of the Psalter in John’s Apocalypse. D.Phil.-dissertation, Westminster Theological Seminary, 1995. 303 pp., incl. a 53 page bibliography and 11 pages of 7 appendices. Dale Brueggemann was advised by Tremper Longman, III. Vern S. Poythress was the second faculty reader. Here are some notes on Brueggemann’s thesis: As the title [...]
Trudinger, L. P. The Text of the Old Testament in the Book of Revelation. Th.D.-dissertation, Boston University School of Theology, 1963. Cf. his “Some Observations Concerning the Text of the Old Testament in the Book of Revelation.” Journal of Theological Studies 17 (1966): 82-8.
Beale, Gregory K. The Use of Daniel in Jewish Apocalyptic Literature and in the Revelation of St. John. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 1984. xiv + 349 pp. Beale’s thesis is based on his 1980 Cambridge Ph. D. dissertation with some revision. It is an important study for many reasons. Firstly, Beale makes a [...]
Tilly, Michael. “Deuteronomy in Revelation.” In Deuteronomy in the Book of Revelation, ed. Maarten J. J. Menken, and Steve Moyise, 169-88. Library of New Testament studies, 358 . London: T & T Clark, 2007. Tilly’s article fills a gap in the field of John’s use of the Old Testament. More to follow later …
Mathewson, David. “Isaiah in the Book of Revelation.” In Isaiah in the New Testament, ed. Steve. Moyise, and M. J. J. Menken, 189-210. The New Testament and the Scriptures of Israel. London; New York: T&T Clark, 2005. Mathewson investigates Isaiah in Revelation in the four thematic categories that Jan Fekkes have suggested: 1) visionary experience [...]