Archive for the ‘Language’ Category

Remarks on the language of Revelation

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 ...

Vanhoye, L’Utilisation du livre d’Ézéchiel dans l’Apocalypse

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 ...

Ozanne, Influence; Language

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 Unpublished Ph.D.-dissertation, Manchester University, 1964.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 ...

Charles, Revelation

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 ...

Beale, Book of Revelation

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 ...

Thompson, Semitic Syntax

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)

Porter, Two articles on language

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. ...