Thanks for sharing this, Brian. This coincides with Bauckham’s little book ‘The Theology of the Book of Revelation’.
Very similar to Bauckham.
There may also be chiastic structural resonance with the Gospel of John if Warren Gage is right. There was a pdf of his dissertation on this, it’s gone now I think due to him publishing it formally soon.
He demonstrated a chiasmos with chapter 1 of John and 22 of Revelation correlating and so on though both books.
One thing lots of these guys(including Bauckham& Wright) insist on is that the whore of Babylon and the beast she rides are Rome. I think they are 2 separate entities myself and so does Gage. Maybe the only theologian I can find that does.
Its been a while since I read Bauckham’s book, but I remember enjoying it!
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Thanks for sharing this, Brian. This coincides with Bauckham’s little book ‘The Theology of the Book of Revelation’.
Very similar to Bauckham.
There may also be chiastic structural resonance with the Gospel of John if Warren Gage is right. There was a pdf of his dissertation on this, it’s gone now I think due to him publishing it formally soon.
He demonstrated a chiasmos with chapter 1 of John and 22 of Revelation correlating and so on though both books.
One thing lots of these guys(including Bauckham& Wright) insist on is that the whore of Babylon and the beast she rides are Rome. I think they are 2 separate entities myself and so does Gage. Maybe the only theologian I can find that does.
Its been a while since I read Bauckham’s book, but I remember enjoying it!