Archive for the ‘Resource types’ Category

Hoffman’s maps of Patmos and the seven cities

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

As Mark Hoffman wrote in his comment, there are good uncopyrighted maps of Patmos and the seven churches available. BibleMapper / Bible Mapper Maps This is a map that displays the location of Patmos and the seven churches mentioned in Revelation 2-3.The zip file contains 4 JPGs in color and in B/W ...

Domitian - the Beast?

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Take a look at the blog One coin at a time. Brett Telford is the owner of a fine collection of coins with The Twelve Caesars. The entry "DOMITIAN!!!!!" displays two very fine photographs of a coin with Domitian. Ethelbert Stauffer was a German Protestant theologian who held that gematria, the numerology ...

Otto A. Piper’s 1959 review of four Revelation commentaries

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

Theology Today - Vol 16, No. 1 - April 1959 - BOOK REVIEW - The Book of Revelation & The Revelation of Jesus Christ & The Last Book of the Bible & Interpreting Revelation The Book of Revelation By Thomas S. Kepler 232 pp. New York, Oxford University Press, 1957. ...

DeSilva, Strategic Arousal - currently freely available

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

David A. DeSilva. "The Strategic Arousal of Emotions in the Apocalypse of John: A Rhetorical-Critical Investigation of the Oracles to the Seven Churches." New Testament Studies 54 (2008): 90-114. Currently freely available online here in a pdf version. Here is the abstract: Heuristic use of classical rhetorical theorists' discussion of appeals to ...

Nice list of Biblical studies journals at deinde.org

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

See A list of biblical studies journals at deinde.org.

Lupieri’s commentary

Friday, February 15th, 2008

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

Danish writings on Revelation

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

Here is an overview of the Danish writings on Revelation; I have described most of them in separate entries. Nineteenth century Professor Peder Madsen (d. 1911) who studied with, among others, professor Hofmann, in Erlangen, was professor of systematic theology, but he also lectured extensively in New Testament. In 1885-1887 (2nd ed. ...