“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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History of interpretation
John Nelson Darby’s synopsis of Revelation is published on-line here or here. Darby is the father of dispensationalism.
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 depends on first hand [...]
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 1944-1995. Apocalypse Interpreted is [...]
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 of Revelation. Although Luther’s [...]
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 of the commentary [...]
Zahn, Theodor. Die Offenbarung des Johannes ausgelegt. Leipzig: Deichert, 1924-1926; reprint, Wuppertal: R. Brockhaus Verlag, 1986. vi + 633 pp. This work deserves a detailed presentation. It is an erudite commentary that presents material and insights hardly found elsewhere. Zahn provides a detailed overview of the history of interpretation.
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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