Archive for the ‘Form’ Category

Karrer, Die Johannesoffenbarung als Brief

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Karrer, Martin. Die Johannesoffenbarung als Brief: Studien zu ihrem literarischen, historischen und theologischen Ort. Forschung zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments, 140. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1986. 354 pp.Karrer argues that Revelation is a letter. Even from a cursory glance, one notes the letter features of Revelation. ...

Roloff, Offenbarung

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 ...

Adamsen, Parousia and Paraenesis (abstract)

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

Adamsen, Georg S. Parousia and Paraenesis: The Parousia Motif and Its Paraenetic Use in the Book of the Revelation. Dr.theol. thesis, Norwegian Lutheran School of Theology, Oslo (Det teologiske Menighetsfakultetet, Oslo), 2001/2002.The Norwegian Lutheran School of Theology in Oslo, Norway, (http://www.mf.no) has accepted the 369 page dissertation Parousia and ...