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Sunday, December 30th, 2007
Aune, David E.: Revelation 1-5. WBC 52A. Waco, TX: Word, 1997.-: Revelation 6-16. WBC 52B. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1998.-: Revelation 17-22. WBC 52C. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1998.Vol. 1 of this commentary features a more than 200 pages introduction covering everything from textual criticism to the langugage of ...
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Sunday, December 30th, 2007
Roloff, Jürgen: Die Offenbarung des Johannes. (Zürcher Bibelkommentare). Zürich: Theologischer Verlag Zürich, 1987 (= 1984). 219 pp.-: The Revelation of John. Continental Commentaries. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1993. Hardcover. 288 pp.Roloff's commentary is a valuable commentary with a register, a rather short bibliography and a quite short but good introduction. The ...
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Sunday, December 30th, 2007
Caird, George Bradford: The Revelation of St. John the Divine. (BNTC). London, 1966 (1st ed.) and 1984 (2nd ed.). Reprint, Hendrickson Publishers, 1993. 336 pp.Caird was heavily influenced by the work of Farrer, but emphasized the influence of myth, apocalyptic and the history of the Roman Empire as well. This ...
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Saturday, December 29th, 2007
Taushev, Averky. The Apocalypse: In the Teachings of Ancient Christianity. 2nd ed. Translated and edited, with Annotation, an Introduction, and a Life of the Author, by Seraphim Rose. Platina, California: St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1995. 306 pp.This commentary, a translation of an Russian original by Seraphim Rose, is based ...
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Friday, December 28th, 2007
Lichtenberger, Hermann. Die Apokalypse. Theologischer Kommentar zum Neuen Testament, 23. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, Forthcoming (2008). Approximately 400 pp."Für ein gegenwärtiges Verständnis der Johannesapokalypse gibt der Text selbst die hermeneutischen Vorgaben: Die Herrschaft Gottes und Christi kommt entgegen allem Augenschein und geschichtlicher Erfahrbarkeit; das Potential des Textes und seiner Bilder liegt gerade ...
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Friday, December 28th, 2007
Boxall, Ian. The Revelation of Saint John. Black’s New Testament commentaries, 18. Peabody, Maryland; London; New York: Hendrickson Publishers; Continuum, 2006. xvi + 347 pp.Boxall's commentary is the replacement for Caird's. The introduction is short, but Boxall has published a separate volume covering the introductory issues: Boxall, Revelation: Vision and ...
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Thursday, December 27th, 2007
Smalley, Stephen S. The Revelation to John: A Commentary on the Greek Text of the Apocalypse. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2005. xviii + 633 pp. RRP $65.00According to Smalley, Revelation is a grand drama that must be understood in the light of John's Gospel and letters and in the ...
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