Notas sobre o uso de Ezequiel, Daniel, Jeremias e Isaías no Apocalipse de João

Abstract

The Revelation of John uses the Jewish Scriptures more than any other book in the New Testament. As a text that represents the climax of the prophetic tradition, the presence of prophetic models in the composition of Revelation is natural. Its author uses images and traditions from the Jewish Scriptures, giving them new meanings. The recipients of Revelation were also familiar with these images and traditions and would understand their meaning. This article indicates the presence of Scripture in the narratives of John’s prophetic commission (Rev 1,9-20 and 10,1-11), in the narrative of the monsters of the sea and the earth (Rev 13,1-18), in the presentation of fall of Babylon and the collapse of the world associated with it (Rev 18,1-24) and in the description of new heavens and new earth and the new Jerusalem (Rev 21,1-22,5). There are differences and similarities between Revelation and the texts of the Jewish Scriptures that are used, but the audience is invited to reappropriate biblical metaphors through the perspective of Revelation.