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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
Blaising, Craig A., Kenneth L. Gentry, and Robert B. Strimple. Three Views on the Millennium and Beyond. Edited by Darrell L. Bock. Counterpoints: Exploring Theology. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1999. 330 pp.As usual for the Counterpoints series, the proponent of each view sets forth his case in a rather ...
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
Mealy, J. Webb: After the Thousand Years: Resurrection and Judgment in Revelation 20. (JSNT.SS 70). Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1992. 273 pp.Mealy's study is the first monograph on Revelation 20 since Bietenhard's from 1955. Mealy argues in favour of a premillennial position, even though he, at first, seems to present ...
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Saturday, January 5th, 2008
See Kretschmar, Die Offenbarung des Johannes.(This entry is a dummy that allows me to use more categories than Blogger allows).
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
Hoekema, Anthony A. The Bible and the Future. 1979. Reprint. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1994. xi + 354 pp.This is one of the classic works defending amillennialism (realised amillennialism).The book is divided in two parts. The first part deals with Inaugurated Eschatology, the second part with Future ...
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
Riddlebarger, Kim. A Case for Amillennialism: Understanding the End Times. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books; Leicester, England: Inter-Varsity Press, 2003. 271 pp.Dr. Riddlebarger provides definitions of key terminology and overviews of various viewpoints and related biblical themes.Riddlebarger discussed Revelation 20 (pp. 195-228) and a number of other passages of ...
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
Beale, Gregory K. John's Use of the Old Testament in Revelation. Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series, no. 166. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999. 443 pp.A standard-setting study published in the early 1999. The volume includes the following chapters that, for some parts, are reprints or ...
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Sunday, December 30th, 2007
Brown, R. E. An Introduction to the New Testament. The Anchor Bible Reference Literature. New York: Doubleday, 1997.The late Professor Brown's introduction, about 45 pages long, is well-written."Rev is widely popular for the wrong reasons," Brown states and gives some examples.As usual, Brown's results are summarised in a box: "Summary ...
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