CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

ABSTRACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiiii

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION: ORALITY, LITERACY, AND

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The Nature of Orality and the Interpretation of RevelationError! Bookmark not defined.
Metonymy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Error! Bookmark not defined.
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Error! Bookmark not defined.

CHAPTER 2: APPROACHES TO DEFINING AND DETECTING

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Review of Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Error! Bookmark not defined.

Conclusions and Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Error! Bookmark not defined.
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Error! Bookmark not defined.

CHAPTER 3: A SEVEN-PART HEARER-CENTRIC APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING

THE ALLUSIONS TO THE OLD TESTAMENT IN REVELATION . . . . ERROR!
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Error! Bookmark not defined.

The Seven Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Error! Bookmark not defined.
Criteria for Identifying Johns Old Testament Sources Error! Bookmark not defined.
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Error! Bookmark not defined.

CHAPTER 4: IDENTIFYING CLEAR SOURCE-IMAGESERROR! BOOKMARK NOT

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Lessons from Jon Pauliens Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Error! Bookmark not defined.

Listing Clear Allusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Error! Bookmark not defined.

CHAPTER 5: METALEPTIC SIGNIFICATION: PART 1: LAW, HISTORY,

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Introduction: A New Model of Precision and Analysis Error! Bookmark not defined.
Genesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Error! Bookmark not defined.
 The Exodus-Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Error! Bookmark not defined.
2 Samuel and 1-2 Kings: The Davidic Covenant, the Temple, Jezebel, and
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Psalms in Revelation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Error! Bookmark not defined.
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Error! Bookmark not defined.

CHAPTER 6: METALEPTIC SIGNIFICATION, PART II: PROPHETS . . . . . . ERROR!

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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Error! Bookmark not defined.

Isaiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Error! Bookmark not defined.
Jeremiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Error! Bookmark not defined.
Ezekiel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Error! Bookmark not defined.
Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Error! Bookmark not defined.
Hosea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Error! Bookmark not defined.
Joel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Error! Bookmark not defined.
Zechariah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Error! Bookmark not defined.
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Error! Bookmark not defined.

CHAPTER 7: ACTUALIZING ALLUSIONS TO THE OLD TESTAMENT IN REVELATION

4-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Error! Bookmark not defined.

Reading Revelation 4-11 Intertextually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Error! Bookmark not defined.
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Error! Bookmark not defined.

CHAPTER 8: CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.

APPENDIX 1: CLEAR ALLUSIONS TO THE OLD TESTAMENT IN

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APPENDIX 2: CLEAR ALLUSIONS TO THE OLD TESTAMENT IN

REVELATION, WITH NEW TESTAMENT INTERPRETIVE PRECEDENT:
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BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.