The Past Is Yet to Come: Exodus Typology in Revelation (Studies in Jewish and Christian Literature)
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Overview
While scholars commonly recognize allusions to the exodus tradition in the book of Revelation, few inquires exist that examine their purpose, hermeneutical and theological function, and their cumulative impact. The presence of exodus imagery throughout Scripture suggests that the historical exodus from Egypt provided the Jewish people a pattern and hope for a more dramatic future deliverance. Isbell analyzes this hope in Revelation and finds that its author typologically incorporates images from each major stage of the exodus (the plagues, the Passover, and the wilderness wanderings) in a structured and purposeful manner, which enhances the reader’s understanding of John’s visions and exhorts believers to maintain allegiance to the Lamb in the face of persecution and a compromising culture.
The primary thrust of this project is to demonstrate that Revelation’s use of exodus typology represents the eschaton as the culmination of salvation history, a reinstatement of God’s initial purposes and ideals for his creation. At last, all that was inaugurated through Christ’s redemptive death on the cross is completed, the covenants throughout Scripture are fulfilled, and the goal of the exodus is accomplished.
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- Enhances the reader’s understanding of John’s visions
- Examines how Revelation typologically incorporates images from each major stage of the exodus
- Seeks to demonstrate that Revelation’s use of exodus typology represents the eschaton as the culmination of salvation history
- Introduction - Methodology
- The Old Testament Foundation of Revelation
- The Delineation of “Exodus Typology”
- Expectation of an Eschatological Exodus within Jewish and Early Christian Thought
- Exodus Imagery in Revelation: Plagues as Paradigm for Judgment
- Exodus Imagery in Revelation: The Passover and Paschal Lamb
- Exodus Imagery in Revelation: The Wilderness
- Hermeneutical Significance and Analysis of Revelation’s Exodus Typology
- Conclusion and Further Reflections
- Title: The Past Is Yet to Come: Exodus Typology in Revelation
- Author: Barbara A. Isbell
- Series: Studies in Jewish and Christian Literature
- Publisher: Fontes Press
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Pages: 207
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- ISBNs: 9781948048675, 1948048671
- Resource ID: LLS:SYTCTYPLGYRVLTN
- Resource Type: Monograph
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