“The Old Testament allusions frequently presuppose their Old Testament context and a range of connexions between Old Testament texts which are not… — Richard Bauckham Copy Share Image
“It is clear that John saw himself, not only as one of the Christian prophets, but also as standing in the tradition… — Richard Bauckham Copy Share Image
“Although most early Christian prophecy was oral, not written, John had plenty of models for a written prophecy, both in the prophetic… — Richard Bauckham Copy Share Image
“Theological meaning is thus written into the detail of John’s meticulous literary composition.” — Richard Bauckham Copy Share Image
“Thus Revelation seems to be an apocalyptic prophecy in the form of a circular letter to seven churches in the Roman province of Asia.” — Richard Bauckham Copy Share Image
“A second important sense in which Revelation stands in the tradition of the Jewish apocalypses is that it shares the question which concerned so… — Richard Bauckham Copy Share Image
“Misinterpretations of Revelation often begin by misconceiving the kind of book it is.” — Richard Bauckham Copy Share Image
“Perhaps enough has been said to indicate that the imagery of Revelation requires close and appropriate study if modern readers are to grasp much… — Richard Bauckham Copy Share Image
“The Old Testament allusions frequently presuppose their Old Testament context and a range of connexions between Old Testament texts which are not made explicit… — Richard Bauckham Copy Share Image
“The range of different situations in these seven churches is sufficient for any Christian church in the late first century to find analogies to… — Richard Bauckham Copy Share Image
“[Jesus'] resurrection is therefore God's promise of new creation for the whole of the godforsaken reality which the crucified Jesus represents. It is therefore… — Richard Bauckham Copy Share Image
“It seems that John not only writes in the tradition of the Old Testament prophets, but understands himself to be writing at the climax… — Richard Bauckham Copy Share Image
“False worship, such as John portrays in the worship of the beast, is false precisely because its object is not the transcendent mystery, but… — Richard Bauckham Copy Share Image
“The point is not to predict a sequence of events. The point is to evoke and to explore the meaning of the divine judgment… — Richard Bauckham Copy Share Image
“The whole of Revelation could be regarded as a vision of the fulfilment of the first three petitions of the Lord’s Prayer: ‘Your name… — Richard Bauckham Copy Share Image
![“[Jesus'] resurrection is therefore God's promise of new creation for the whole of the godforsaken reality which the crucified Jesus represents. It is therefore an event of dialectical promise: it opens up a qualitatively new future, which negates all the negatives of present experience. It opens…” quote by Richard Bauckham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dc1/richard-bauckham-18561_hope_jesus-resurrection-is-therefore-god-s-pr_566748.jpg)
