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Kretschmar, Offenbarung des Johannes

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Kretschmar, Georg: Die Offenbarung des Johannes: Die Geschichte ihrer Auslegung im 1. Jahrtausend. Calwer Theologische Monographien, B9. Stuttgart: Calwer Verlag, 1985. 164 pp.Kretschmar's book is not only a presentation of its history of interpretation throughout the first millennium. It also presents the author's view on introductory matters and its overall ...

Beda, Expositio

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Beda Venerabilis (Bede the Venerable). Bedae presbyteri Expositio Apocalypseos. Ed. Roger Gryson. Corpus Christianorum, Series Latina, 121A. (Bedae Opera 2:5). Turnhout: Brepols, 2001. 606 pp.Bede's commentary is regularly cited in Weinrich, Revelation. Apart from Weinrich's (partial) translation, Bede's Expositio is translated in this work: Bede (the Venerable). The explanation of ...

Weinrich, Revelation

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Weinrich, William C., ed. Revelation. Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, vol. 12. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2006. xxxii + 454 pp. RRP $40.00 (but street prices are much cheapter). ISBN: 0830814973This volume is strongly recommended.In the ideal world, students would read the ancient Christian commentaries themselves in the original ...