Scripture Journey is built on Scripture first, then supported by major reference works in messianic prophecy scholarship.
The Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV). Biblica, Inc., 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011. Used for educational and devotional purposes.
Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy: The Complete Guide to Scriptural Predictions and Their Fulfillments. Harper & Row, 1973.
Payne was Professor of Old Testament at Covenant Theological Seminary. His encyclopedia catalogues 191 messianic prophecies and remains a landmark reference work in evangelical Old Testament scholarship.
This app uses Payne's prophecy numbering system (#1-191) to identify and cross-reference messianic predictions.
The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah. Longmans, Green & Co., 1883. Appendix IX.
Edersheim was a Jewish scholar and Christian theologian at Oxford. Appendix IX catalogues Old Testament passages applied to the Messiah in the Talmud and Midrash, providing authoritative evidence of pre-Christian Jewish messianic expectation.
The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict. Thomas Nelson, 1999.
McDowell's work synthesizes apologetic evidence for the reliability of Scripture, including a detailed treatment of Old Testament messianic prophecy and its fulfillment in Christ.
Scripture Journey uses these three scholars in combination: Payne provides the canonical list of messianic prophecies; Edersheim establishes that these passages were understood as messianic by Jewish interpreters before Jesus; and McDowell provides apologetic context for each fulfillment.
Prophecy numbering follows J. Barton Payne, Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy (Harper & Row, 1973). All lesson content, notes, and presentation are original work by Scripture Journey.