Zimmermann, Ruben. Nuptial Imagery in the Revelation of John. Biblica 84 (2003): 153-83. This article is now on-line. Abstract: “In this article is argued that the nuptial imagery of the Book of Revelation is not limited to chapters 19 and 21 but rather runs throughout the book. While the imagery is certainly most pronounced in [...]
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Farrer, Austin. A Rebirth of Images: The Making of St. John’s Apocalypse. Westminster [London]: Dacre Press, 1949. Reprint. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1986. 348 pp. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2007. 350 pp. This classic volume, a very influential work, is now in print again! “In this book St. [...]
Fekkes, Jan, III. ” ‘His Bride Has Prepared Herself’: Revelation 19-21 and Isaian Nuptial Imagery.” Journal of Biblical Literature 109 (1990): 269-87. One of the important studies of the bride metaphor. See also McIlraith, Love and Huber, Like a Bride Adorned as well as Fekkes, Isaiah.
Huber, Lynn R. 2007. Like a Bride Adorned: Reading Metaphor in John’s Apocalypse. Emory Studies in Early Christianity. New York: T&T Clark International. xi + 221 pp. The bride metaphor is a powerful one. It has been investigated by McIlraith and Jan Fekkes (and others). Studies like this one are welcome additions to this topic. [...]
McIlraith, Donal A. The Reciprocal Love Between Christ and the Church in the Apocalypse. Rome: Columban Fathers, 1989.
Bauckham, Richard: The Climax of Prophecy. Studies on the Book of Revelation. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1993. xviii + 550 pp. This book is closely connected with Bauckham’s Theology and sometimes provides the arguments or more detailed arguments to the views in The Theology, sometimes extends or develops arguments in depth. Bauckham knows other [...]
Trench, Epistles to the Seven Churches
by Georg S. Adamsen on January 10, 2008
in Christology,Church-historical interpretation,Cocceius,History of interpretation,Imagery,Scholarly commentaries,Theology,Use of the Old Testament
Trench, Richard Chenevix. Commentary on the Epistles to the Seven Churches in Asia, Revelation II.III. 1st ed. London: Parker, Son, & Bourn, 1861. xi + 225 pp. At least six editions were published in the UK and the USA in the 19th century. Reprint. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 1997. 249 pp. Richard Trench, [...]
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