Archive for the ‘Language’ Category
Monday, August 27th, 2007
The entries marked language treat the problem of language of Revelation, including the discussion whether Revelation was dependent on or used the Greek or Hebrew Old Testament.
There are, of course, many philological or linguistic analyses in quite many studies on Revelation, but to qualify for inclusion, the ...
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Saturday, August 25th, 2007
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 ...
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Saturday, August 25th, 2007
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 Unpublished Ph.D.-dissertation, Manchester University, 1964.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 ...
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Saturday, August 25th, 2007
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 ...
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
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 ...
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Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
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)
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Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
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. ...
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