Posted by Georg S. Adamsen on July 26, 2008
Logos is about to publish Lenski’s Commentary on the New Testament electronically. The commentary is on the way to replication.
If you want this very helpful exegetical commentary, you may order it for $199.95, but you have to do it immediately. Shortly, the price will change to $299.95.
Thorough as a student of Greek, R. C. H. Lenski interprets the books of the New Testament with meticulous exegetical research while providing an original, literal translation of the text. With his conservative Lutheran perspective, he is unwavering in his high view of Scriptural authority, probing deeply and passionately—arguing his conclusions masterfully.
Beyond exegesis, he provides linguistic and textual analysis, historical background such as information on the author, date, time of writings, authorial intent, chief themes, and much more. Often addressing difficult text, evading nothing, Lenski evaluates multiple interpretations before choosing one in particular. The Lenski Commentary, therefore, will introduce you to a range of interpretations and viewpoints, allowing you to see how other interpretations relate to one another, and will provide the context as to why he has settled on a particular viewpoint.
Richard Charles Henry Lenski, a distinguished Lutheran scholar and commentator, studied for the ministry at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Columbus, Ohio. Upon earning his Doctor of Divinity, he became Dean of the seminary. He was a former professor at Capital Seminary (now Trinity Lutheran Seminary) in Columbus, Ohio, where he taught in the fields of exegesis, dogmatics, and homiletics. His numerous books and commentaries are written from a conservative perspective.
Here is more information: Lenski’s Commentary on the New Testament (12 Vols.)
Posted by Georg S. Adamsen on July 11, 2008
Dr. Kenneth Gentry has provided an annotated and referenced overview of the preterist perspective at his KennethGentry.com. The title of the article is Back to the Future - The Preterist Perspective.
Gentry’s site is sometimes difficult to access, but the article may also be found at The Preterist Perspective, Dr. Gentry.
Posted by Georg S. Adamsen on July 8, 2008
Revelation Resources » » Forthcoming
This page features a list of forthcoming commentaries and other books on Revelation, as far as I am (made) aware of them.
You are welcome to give me a hint if you know of a work that should be included.
Posted by Georg S. Adamsen on July 5, 2008
Hellholm, David. “The Visions He Saw or: To Encode the Future in Writing: An Analysis of the Prologue of John’s Apocalyptic Letter.” In Text and Logos: The Humanistic Interpretation of the New Testament. (Festschrift Hendrikus W. Boers.) Edited by Theodore W. Jennings, Jr. Scholars Press Homage Series, 14. Atlanta, Georgia: Scholars Press, 1990, 109-46.
More to follow later.
Posted by Georg S. Adamsen on June 14, 2008
Translations are very important tools. Good translations are helpful. Bad ones not so. Study Bibles may be very helpful. Or they may be quite the opposite.
ESV is, as far as I know, a good translation. An ESV Study Bible is in preparation. It will very likely be used by very many. Dennis Johnson, Fuller Theological Seminary, is the study notes contributor to Revelation. Johnson is the author of Triumph of the Lamb: A Commentary on Revelation. Phillipsburg, New Jersey: P&R Publishing, 2001.
The Introduction to Revelation is available from the ESV Study Bible website: http://www.esvstudybible.org/images/excerpt-revelation-intro.pdf.
Here is a small sample:
What do you think about the introduction to Revelation? It would be nice to see your evaluation in the comments!
Posted by Georg S. Adamsen on April 8, 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 the emotions allows the interpreter to discern the strategic arousal of three principal pairs of emotions in the seven oracles of Revelation: fear and confidence, friendship and enmity, and shame and emulation. While some of these emotional responses are evoked in multiple oracles, certain ones tend to be more fully nurtured in particular oracles, being more strategic to achieving the speaker’s specific goals for the audiences in those settings. John gives attention to the multiple dimensions of appeals to emotion as discussed by Aristotle (nurturing the frame of mind that is disposed to that particular emotion, identifying particular ‘others’ in regard to whom that emotion is rightly directed, and inscribing situations that naturally give rise to that emotion).
Posted by Georg S. Adamsen on March 22, 2008
See A list of biblical studies journals at deinde.org.
