Archive for the ‘Structure’ Category
Saturday, December 29th, 2007
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 ...
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
The entries marked structure deal with the problem of structure, one of the more controversial, but also important issues as regards the interpretation of Revelation.
This issue has two aspects: First, the question of the textual organisation of Revelation (i.e. its "outline"), and, second, the relationship between the text and the ...
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
Hendriksen, William. More Than Conquerors. 1940. Reprint. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1997.Among the many issues that Hendriksen discusses in his 40+ page introduction, is the composition of Revelation. As regards the relations between the text and what it narrates, Hendriksen argues in favour of the recapitulationist view of ...
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Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Adamsen, Georg S. "Fortælleteknikker i Johannes' Åbenbaring" (PDF-format). Upubliceret foredrag holdt ved Forum for Bibelen som litteratur i København d. 3. marts 2001.
Artiklen giver for det første en række eksempler på, hvordan Johannes benytter en fortælleteknik, hvor det samme fortælles flere gange med flere og flere informationer. Det drøftes, hvilken ...
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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 ...
Posted in Abstracts, Atemporal amillenialism, Christology, Eschatology, Form, Function (purpose), Paraenesis, Parousia (Second Advent), Soteriology, Structure, Use of the Old Testament | No Comments »
Saturday, August 25th, 2007
Giblin, Charles H. The Book of Revelation: The Open Book of Prophecy. Good News Studies, 34. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 1991. 213 pp.Giblin's commentary develops the use of the holy war-imagery in Revelation and also pays great attention to structure. An important commentary (despite its modest size).
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Saturday, August 25th, 2007
Michaels, J. Ramsey. Revelation. IVP.NTC 20. Downers Grove, IL; Leicester, UK: InterVarsity Press, 1997. 265 pp.Professor Michaels has written a commentary well worth the reading.One interesting contribution is the analysis of the structure of Revelation. Michaels argues, as do others, that the so-called interlude in chapter 7 is not really ...
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