Echoes of the Most Holy

“In Echoes of the Most Holy, André Reis traces the origins and impact of the Day of Atonement in ancient Jewish experience. Then, primed with this heightened awareness and applying a careful intertextual method, he identifies Day of Atonement echoes and allusions in the New Testament, focusing primarily on the Day’s pervasive presence in Revelation. I am convinced by his findings!”


—Steve Thompson, author of The Apocalypse and Semitic Syntax





“With his focus on the thematic and philological relationships between the Hebrew Bible’s Day of Atonement and the New Testament Apocalypse, André Reis has made a creative new intertextual contribution to studies on the book of Revelation. He accomplishes this with impressively thorough scholarship.”


—Kendra Haloviak Valentine, La Sierra University





“Although focused on the book of Revelation, Echoes of the Most Holy also provides a thorough analysis of the Day of Atonement in the Hebrew Bible, the intertestamental literature, and the New Testament. Throughout this study, André Reis consistently utilizes a judicious methodology and offers compelling conclusions. No scholar interested in the impact of the Day of Atonement on Jewish and Christian theological thought can afford to ignore this study.”


—Norman H. Young, Avondale University





“André Reis’s mastery of Revelation’s use of the Old Testament is outstanding, as is his treatment of the wealth of resources for understanding the Day of Atonement in its native context and in Revelation. Most intriguing is his illuminating exposé of the enigmatic and elusive figure Azazel in the Day of Atonement ritual. Reis’s seminal contribution deserves many readers.”


—Sigve Tonstad, Loma Linda University