Abstract
This article sets out to challenge the consensus view that the Old Testament allusions in the Apocalypse are drawn mainly from Semitic sources. It traces that consensus back to R.H. Charles (1920) and begins by considering his four main arguments. Finding these methodologically unsound, it investigates whether more sophisticated arguments have emerged since that time. It concludes that attempts to distinguish between a 'loose' or 'free' rendering of the Hebrew and a mere 'influence' of the LXX involve special pleading and should be abandoned. Differences from the LXX tell us more about John's particular use of Scripture than the language of his sources.
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