The Common Tradition Behind Synoptic Sayings of Judgement and John`s Apocalypse An Oral Interpretive Tradition of Old Testament Prophetic Material

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Sources for the Composition of the Apocalypse .........1 A source-Critical Analysis of the Apocalypse ..........1 Interpretive Benefits of OT source material .........1 Recent studies on Synoptic Traditions in the Apocalypse ...........3 A common source Behind John`s Apocalypse and Synoptic Sayings of Judgement .....16 2. Fixed and Identifiable Nature of Oral Traditions ...........18 3. The Influence of the old Testament on the Composition of the Apocalypse ..........38 4. A common Tradition behind the Sequence and Timing of judgement in the synoptic Escatological Discourse and John`s Apocalypse ................62 5. A common tradition behind Luke`s Redaction of the Eschatological Discourse and the Apocalypse ..........89 6. A common tradition behind Matthean Redaction of Mark, L Material, and the Apocalypse ..............125 7. A common tradition Behind Luke`s and Mathew`s Redaction of the Double tradition and the Apocalypse ..........136 A hermeneutical Key to John`s Apocalypse ..........155