The Later New Testament Writings and Scripture: The Old Testament in Acts, Hebrews, the Catholic Epistles and Revelation

includes index and biblioraphy

1 Acts and scripture ....6 Introduction .....6 Salvation for jews and gentiles ....7 Christ`s death, resurrection and exaltation ....12 Christ`s death ....12 Christ`s resurrection .....15 Typological interpretation ...17 Christ`s exaltation ....18 Christological titles and functions ....19 Lord and messiah ....19 Servant .....21 Sonof god ......23 Prophet like moses .....24 Cornerstone ....25 Judgement ......25 Historical summary ....30 Major interpretations of acts and scripture ......34 Acts and the songs of David .....34 Acts and Isaiah .....36 Conclusion ......39 2 I peter and scripture ......42 Introduction .....42 I peter and the Psalms ....42 I peter and isaish ......45 I peter and proverbs ....53 I peter and the law ....54 Leviticus 19.2 .....54 In the days of noah ....55 The enoch literature .....56 I peter 1.10-2 .....57 Conclusion .....59 3 Jude, 2 peter and james and scripture ......62 Introduction ......62 Jude ....63 2 Peter ...67 Noah, lot and Balaam ....67 Other scriptural references ....70 The canon of scripture .....71 James .....72 Justification by works .......75 Wisdom .....78 Prophets .....80 4 Hebrews and scripture ....81 Introduction .....81 Hebrews 1.5-14 ......82 Hebrews 2.6-13 ....87 Psalm 95.7-11 in hebrews 3-4 ....90 Introductory formulate in Hebrews ....92 High priest like melchizedek in Hebrews 5.5-7.28 ......92 Psalm 110 in hebrews ....94 Jeremiah 31,31-34 in Hebrews 8-10 ....95 Hebrews 10.19-39 ....99 Habakkuk 2.3-4 in Hebrews 10.37-38 ......100 The cloud of witnesses in Hebrews 11 .....102 Philo on coin and Abel ....103 Miscellaneous quotations in Hebrews 12-13 ...106 Conclusion ....109 5 Revalation and scripture .......111 Introduction ......111 God, Jesus and the spirit ....112 The inaugural vision ......116 The throne vision .....118 Dragon, beast and false prophet ....126 Judgements and disasters ....128 Withess and struggle ....131 Final salvation .......133 The millennium .....136 The new jerusalem ....137 Conclusion ......139 Excursus: The letters of john and scripture .....142 Cain and abel ....143 Other allusions ....142 6 Conclusion .....145 Appendix: Index of quotations in the later writings of the new testament (UBS) ......150