b'BIBLICAL STUDIESREVELATION THROUGH OLD TESTAMENT EYESTREMPER LONGMAN III THROUGH OLD TESTAMENT EYESA Background and Application CommentaryThe book of Revelation simply cannot be understood apart from the Old TestamentThrough Old Testament Eyes is a new kind of commentary series that illuminates the Old Testament backgrounds, allusions, patterns, and ref-erences saturating the New Testament. The structure and content of the Old Testament were second nature to the New Testament authors and their audiences, but todays readers have no reference point for under-standing their intricate role in the New Testament. Bible teachers, preach-ers, and students committed to understanding Scripture will gain insight through these rich Old Testament connections, which clarify puzzling passages and explain others in fresh ways. The images of Revelationlike a seven-sealed scroll, four horsemen bringing destruction and death, locusts from the Abyss, and moreoften seem hopelessly complex to todays readers and have led to egregious misunderstandingandmisinterpretations.ButasTremperLongman demonstratesinRevelationThroughOldTestamentEyes,thisconfusion arises from unfamiliarity with symbolism that Revelations first readers readily comprehended. In large part, the imagery arises from first-cen-tury AD Greco-Roman culture and from the Old Testament, with its own background in ancient Near Eastern literature. Through its unmistak-able Old Testament connections, Revelation exhorts readers to persevere in the present and place their hope in God for the future.CONTENTS Avoiding overly technical discussions and interpretive debates to con-1.Series Preface centrate on Old Testament influences, Revelation Through Old Testament 2.Introduction and Main Theme of the Book ofEyes combines rigorous, focused New Testament scholarship with deep Revelation respect for the entire biblical text.3.Outline of Revelation4.Commentary Tremper Longman III (PhD, Yale University) is Distinguished Scholar 5.Acknowledgments and Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies of Westmont College. He is the 6.List of Tables author of numerous textbooks, books, and commentaries and has edited 7.List of What the Structure Means8.List of Through Old Testament Eyes and contributed to award-winning Bible reference works, such as the 9.List of Going Deeper Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writing and the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary.Related TitlesJohn Through Old Testament Eyes978-0-8254-4508-8$29.99Mark Through Old Testament Eyes978-0-8254-4411-1$28.99978-0-8254-4473-9$29.99Paperback6 x 9368 pagesBiblical Commentary / KREGELNew Testament / Revelation A C A D E M I CKregel AcademicRights: WorldApril 26, 2022kregel.com/academic21'