Archive for the ‘Skandinaviske værker’ Category

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. ...

Johannes Loft, Synerne fra Patmos

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Loft, Johannes. Synerne fra Patmos: En gennemgang af Johannes Aabenbaring. Aarhus: De Unges Forlag, 1919. 112 pp.Immediately after the war, Johannes Loft, theologian, translator, author and lecturer (at a teacher-training college?) published The Patmos Visions (Synerne fra Patmos) at the publishing company of the Danish YMCA and YWCA (1919). The ...

Olaf Moe, Bibelens siste bok

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

Moe, Olaf. Bibelens siste bok: En utlegning av Johannes’ åpenbaring [The Last Book of the Bible: An Interpretation of the Revelation of John]. Oslo: Forlaget Land og kirke, 1960. 276 pp.—: Johannes Uppenbarelse: Bibelns sista bok. Translated by Frithiof Dahlby. Stockholm: Diakonistyrelsens bokförlag, 1963 (reprinted by Verbum, 1968 & 1978). ...

Remarks on writings in the Scandinavian languages

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

This topic includes references to on-line material or written contributions in the Scandinavian languages (Danish, Norwegian and Swedish) that are either scholarly of nature or written by scholars. Full-scale exegetical commentaries Major scholarly commentaries are few: Peder Madsen, Johannes' Aabenbaring and Holger Mosbech, Johannes' Aabenbaring with the two accompanying volumes: Mosbech, Fortolkningen ...

Leif Carlsson, Tröst och trots

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Carlsson, Leif. Tröst och trots: Uppenbarelseboken. Nya Testamentets Budskap, 2. Örebro: Libris, 2007. 272 pp.Leif Carlsson is TD and professor (universitetslektor) at Jönköping University. He is also the author of Round Trips to Heaven: Otherworldly Travelers in Early Judaism and Christianity. Translated by Judy Breneman. Lund Studies in History of ...

Thestrup Pedersen, Johannes’ Åbenbaring

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Thestrup Pedersen, Ebbe. Johannes' Åbenbaring: Kommenteret og fortolket [The Book of Revelation: Commentary and Interpretation]. Valby: Forlaget Aros, 1999. 183 pp.Professor Ebbe Thestrup Pedersen (1914-1998) was a Danish theologian and professor of education. This volume was published posthumously. Pedersen asserts that serious readers of Revelation must learn from the scholarly, ...

Davidsen, Johannes’ Åbenbaring

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Davidsen, Andreas. Johannes’ Åbenbaring: Kommentar med tillæg [Revelation: a Commentary with appendices]. København: Gyldendal, 1988. 170 pp.The Danish theologian, pastor and former lecturer at a college of education, Andreas Davidsen (b. 1928) has published an entry level commentary. In his introduction (pp. 11-41), Davidsen describes "apocalyptic" and discusses the common ...