Vanhoye, A.: ”L’Utilisation du livre d’Ézéchiel dans L’Apocalypse” in: Biblica 43 (1962), pp. 436-476. Vanhoye’s article initiated the “new” interest for the relationship between Revelation and the OT. The new perspective was that Revelation was not only moulded in some directly or indirectly transmitted OT traditions, but did in fact interpret the OT. The question [...]
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Ozanne, C.G.: The Influence of the Text and Language of the Old Testament on the Book of Revelation. Unpublished Ph.D.-dissertation, Manchester University, 1964. -: ”The Language of the Apocalypse” in: Tyndale Bulletin 16 (1965) 3-9. Ozanne argues that John imitated the language of the Hebraic Old Testament for theological purposes. The dissertation is full of [...]
Beale, G. K. The Book of Revelation: A Commentary on the Greek Text. New International Greek Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdsmans Publishing, 1999. Beale’s commentary, a 1200+ page commentary, is probably the most interesting commentary published for several decades. It features a lengthy introduction covering among other things a discussion of the [...]
Thompson, Steven: The Apocalypse and Semitic Syntax. Cambridge: CUP, 1985. Thompson argues that some semantic and syntactical problems may be solved if the Aramaic background is taken into consideration. Thompson’s book is reviewed by M. Wilcox in: JTS 38 (1987) 510-512. (7 Oct 1997)
Porter, Stanley E.: ”The Language of the Apocalypse in Recent Discussion” in: NTS 35 (1989) 582-603. -: “Another Look at the Language of the Apocalypse” in: Abstracts AAR & SBL Annual Meeting 1987 (Scholars Press, Atlanta 1987), pp. 217-218. Porter discusses some recent contributions including the one by S. Thompson (Thompson, Semitic Syntax). He argues [...]
Moyise, Steve. “The Language of the Old Testament in the Apocalypse.” JSNT, no. 76 (2000): 97-113. This is an excellent article by Dr. Moyise. Combining the evidence of, among others, R. H. Charles and H. B. Swete, in their commentaries, he argues that John was acquainted not only with the Hebrew OT, but also with [...]
Charles, Revelation
by Georg S. Adamsen on August 25, 2007
in History of interpretation,Language,Relationship to the New Testament,Scholarly commentaries,Use of the Old Testament
Charles, R. H. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Revelation of St. John: With Introduction, Notes, and Indices, Also the Greek Text and English Translation. The International Critical Commentary. 1920. Reprint. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1985. Charles’ commentary is generally highly valued, in particular for its philological information as well as its analyses [...]
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