From the monthly archives:

February 2008

Lupieri’s commentary

by Georg S. Adamsen on February 15, 2008

in Short notices

I have a presentation of Lupieri’s commentary here: Now, Review of Biblical Literature has published Tobias Nicklas’s review of it. He concludes that “Die Tendenz ist klar: Man kann diesem wertvollen und originellen Kommentar zur Apokalypse nur eine breite Leserschaft wünschen.” See the entire review here (direct link). Hattip: NT Gateway Weblog

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Joseph A. Seiss, The Apocalypse

by Georg S. Adamsen on February 9, 2008

in Scholarly commentaries

Seiss, Joseph Augustus. The Apocalypse: A Series of Special Lectures on the Revelation of Jesus Christ, with revised text. Repr. ed. s.l.: C. C. Cook, 1900. 536 pp. The Apocalypse was reprinted many times and at various locations for decades. Most recently reprinted under the title The Apocalypse: Exposition of the Book of Revelation. Grand [...]

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Huber, Konrad. Einer gleich einem Menschensohn: Die Christusvisionen in Offb 1,9-20 und Offb 14,14-20 und die Christologie der Johannesoffenbarung. Neutestamentliche Abhandlungen, N.S., 51. Münster: Aschendorff, 2007. viii + 361 pp. Dr. Konrad Huber (b. 1965), extraordinary professor of NT, University of Innsbruck, argues that the explicit visions of Christ functions as a key and guidelines [...]

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The commentaries included in the category Scholarly commentaries are either scholarly (i.e., written for scholars and serious students) or written by scholars and with a specific, valuable view on Revelation or one of the topics discussed on Revelation Resources. Although it is hardly possible to rank commentaries objectively, I would suggest that some commentaries should [...]

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Ladd, George Eldon. A Commentary on the Revelation of John. 1972. Repr. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1995 or later. 308 pp. The commentaryLadd is a proponent of classic premillennialism rather than dispensationalism (see Clouse, Four Views). In his brief introduction (p. 7-17), Ladd asserts that the author was the apostle or a [...]

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Beckwith, Apocalypse

by Georg S. Adamsen on February 7, 2008

in History of interpretation,Scholarly commentaries

Beckwith, I. T.: The Apocalypse of John. Studies in Introduction with a Critical and Exegetical Commentary. The Macmillan Company: New York 1919. Reprint. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock publishers, 2001. xv + 794 pp. Also reprinted 1992 and by Baker Book House in 1967. This commentary with more than 800 pages is divided in two [...]

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Eduard Lohse, Die Offenbarung des Johannes

by Georg S. Adamsen on February 6, 2008

in Scholarly commentaries

Lohse, Eduard. Die Offenbarung des Johannes: Übersetzt und erklärt. 8nd ed. Das Neue Testament Deutsch, 11. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1993. 126 pp. The author is a renowned scholar, pastor and bishop. Eduard Lohse was professor of NT in Kiel (1956-1964) and Göttingen (1964-1971). From 1971 until his retirement in 1988 Lohse was bishop in [...]

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