Dedication Abbreviations List of Contributors Introduction: Scripture in Revelation and Apocalyptic - Steve Smith, St Mellitus College, UK and Susan Docherty, Newman University Birmingham, UK Part 1: Re-Using Scripture: Methodological Issues Chapter 1: Typology and Eschatology: the Scriptural Shaping of Imagery in the Book of Revelation - Frances Young, Birmingham University (Emerita) UK Chapter 2: Smells Like Teen Spirit: Steve Moyise and G. K. Beale on the Use of Scripture in Revelation in the 1990s - Garrick V. Allen, University of Glasgow, UK Chapter 3: Dreaming with Scripture: Revisiting the Beale-Moyise Debate - Benjamin Sargent, Independent Scholar, UK Part 2: Scriptures and Interpretation in the Book of Revelation Chapter 4: Something Old, Something New: The Origins of the Song of Moses in Rev 15.3 - David M. Allen, Queen’s Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, UK Chapter 5: Echoes from the Septuagint Psalter in the Apocalyptic Texture of Revelation - Gert J. Steyn, Theologische Hochschule Ewersbach, Germany and University of Pretoria, South Africa. Chapter 6: The OT Background of Sound and Silence in the Book of Revelation - Beate Kowalski, TU Dortmund University, Germany Chapter 7: The Reimagining of Theological Time: Revelation’s Use of the OT in Defining its Temporality - Ian Paul, St Nic’s, Nottingham UK and Fuller Theological Seminary, USA Chapter 8: The Expositio Apocalypseos of the Venerable Bede: An Example of Early Medieval Preoccupation with Construing Time and its End - Paul M. Collins, Independent Scholar, UK Chapter 9: Apocalyptic on Screen - Can the Hermeneutical Flow Really be Reversed? The TV Drama Series Years and Years and the Book of Revelation - Clive Marsh, Queen’s Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, UK Part 3: Scripture in Early Jewish and Early Christian Apocalyptic Writings Chapter 10: The Psalms in 1 Enoch - Susan E. Docherty, Newman University, UK Chapter 11: Revelation in Johannine Perspective: On Seeing the Glory in John 1:14 - Wendy E. S. North, Durham University, UK Chapter 12: The Identity and Destiny of “All Israel” in Paul’s Apocalyptic Imagination: Revisiting Romans 11:26 - B.J. Oropeza, Azusa Pacific University, USA Chapter 13: The Wedding Imagery of the Apocalypse and Paul - Lionel North, Independent Scholar, UK Chapter 14: David the Prophet in the First Apocryphal Apocalypse of John - Craig A. Evans, Houston Baptist University, USA Bibliography Index

This volume explores the reuse of scripture within the genre of apocalyptic, with a particular focus on the Book of Revelation, while also considering other apocalyptic texts in the New Testament and early Jewish literature.

Offers a re-evaluation of prior debates about the re-use of scripture in apocalyptic literature, through engagement with the most recent developments in the study of Revelation and in contemporary biblical studies

Formerly the Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement, a book series that explores the many aspects of New Testament study including historical perspectives, social-scientific and literary theory, and theological, cultural and contextual approaches. The Early Christianity in Context series, a part of JSNTS, examines the birth and development of early Christianity up to the end of the third century CE. The series places Christianity in its social, cultural, political and economic context. The European Seminar on Christian Origins and Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus Supplement are also part of JSNTS.