. . . there are parallels between
the heavenly, high-priestly Yahoel, who officiates during Yom Kippur in the
Apocalypse of Abraham, and the exalted, high-priestly Christ in Revelation 1.
For example, Yahoel has “the likeness of a man” (Apoc. Ab. 10:4), while Jesus
is called the “Son of man” in 1:13. Yahoel’s hair is “like snow” (Apoc. Ab.
11:4), while Jesus’ hair is “white as snow” (1:14). Yahoel’s body is likened to
precious stones (Apoc. Ab. 11:2), while Jesus’s feet are like “burnished
bronze, refined in a furnace” (1:15). In sum, both books seem to draw on
similar traditions and high-priestly representations of heavenly beings (see
Dan 10:5; Ezek 9:2-3, 10). (André Reis, Echoes of the Most Holy: The Day of
Atonement in the Book of Revelation [Eugene, Oreg.: Wipf and Stock, 2022], 130)
