vol. 38, Issue #2

Online Journal Article: THE TRIBES OF REVELATION 7 AND THE LITERARY COMPETENCE OF JOHN THE SEER CHRISTOPHER R. SMITH* JETS 38/2 (June 1995) 213–218

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THE TRIBES OF REVELATION 7
AND THE LITERARY COMPETENCE OF JOHN THE SEER
CHRISTOPHER R. SMITH*
JETS 38/2 (June 1995) 213–218

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Richard Bauckham has recently offered some criticisms of my analysis
of the 144,000 “sealed out of all the tribes of Israel” depicted in Rev 7:5–8.
As others have by now begun to draw applications from my conclusions,
I find it appropriate to reply brie˘y to some of the concerns Bauckham has
raised. I believe it is important to continue this discussion not simply for the
sake of the interpretation of these verses, although they are of crucial
importance for an assessment of such systems as dispensational
premillennialism, but also for the sake of an appreciation of the
literary skill of the author of the last book in the canon. --from page 213