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Thursday, January 10th, 2008
"Geschichte der Auslegung der Apokalypse des Johannes," by Heinrich Julius Holtzmann (1893). Online here: http://www.payer.de/christentum/holtzmann01.htm.First published in: Holtzmann, Heinrich Julius. Evangelium, Briefe und Offenbarung des Johannes. Edited by Heinrich Julius Holtzmann, and R. A. Lipsius. 2nd ed. Hand-Commentar zum Neuen Testament, 4. Tübingen: Mohr, 1893, pp. 280-289.
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Thursday, January 10th, 2008
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 ...
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Monday, January 7th, 2008
John Nelson Darby's synopsis of Revelation is published on-line here or here.Darby is the father of dispensationalism.
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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
Wainwright, Arthur William. Mysterious Apocalypse: Interpreting the Book of Revelation. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1993. 293 pages, bibliography, indices and 35 pages with notes. Reprint. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock publishers, 2001.This very well-written and well researched book contains three parts, the first of which treats "The Millennium and History". It ...
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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
Simojoki, Anssi. Apocalypse Interpreted: The Types of Interpretation of the Book of Revelation in Finland 1944-1995, From the Second World War to the Post-Cold War World. Åbo: Åbo Akademi University Press, 1997. 220 pp.Through the lens of semiotic theory, Simojoki analyses the interpretation/use of Revelation in Finland in the period ...
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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
Hofmann, H.-U.: Luther und die Johannes-Apokalypse: Dargestellt im Rahmen der Auslegungsgeschichte des letzten Buches der Bibel und im Zusammenhang der theologischen Entwicklung des Reformators. (BGBE 24). Tübingen: J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1982. In print.This book is a rather extensive and detailed dissertational study (Habilitationsschrift) of Luther's use of the Book ...
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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
Charles, R.H.: Studies in the Apocalypse. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1913 and 1915 (2. ed.). Reprint. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 1997.Charles' presentation of the history of interpretation in his commentary was an abbreviation of a larger study. The full presentation is given here."Shorter studies by the author ...
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