Before Jerusalem Fell

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Publisher’s Preface by Gary North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ix
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...xvii
PART I: PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS
l. Revelation Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...3
2. The Approach to the Question of Dating . . . . . . . . 17
PART II: THE EXTERNAL EVIDENCE
3. Introduction to the External Evidence . . . . . . . . . 41
4. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
5. Clement of Alexandria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...68
6. Additional External Witnesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
PART III: THE INTERNAL EVIDENCE
7. The Role of Internal Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
8. The Theme of Revelation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
9. The Temporal Expectation of the Author . . . . . . . . 133
10. The Identity of the Sixth King . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
11. The Contemporary Integrity of the Temple . . . . . . . 165
12. The Role of Nero Caesar.. . . . . . . . . . . . ...193
13. The Role of Jewish Christianity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
14. The Looming Jewish War... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
PART IV: ALLEGED DOMITIANIC EVIDENCES EXAMINED
15. Introduction to Domitianic Evidences . . . . . . . . . . 259
16. The Role of Emperor Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
17. The Persecution of Christianity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
18. The Nero Redivivus Myth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...300
19. The Condition of the Seven Churches . . . . . . . . . . 318
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