Society of Biblical Literature, 2003. — 213 p. This wide-ranging introduction to the interpretation of the Apocalypse comes from scholars who have worked together for over a decade as members of the Society of Biblical Literature Seminar on Reading the Apocalypse: The Intersection of Literary and Social Methods. Each chapter provides an overall reading of Revelation that grows...
Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2000. — 570 p. The Apocalypse of John is a work of immense importance and learning. Yet among the major works of early Christianity included in the New Testament it has received relatively little scholarly attention.This work is a significant contribution to remedying this neglect. The author examines the meticulous literary artistry, creative imagination,...
Cambridge University Press, 1993. — 181 p. — (New Testament Theology) Richard Bauckham expounds the theology of the Book of Revelation: its understanding of God, Christ and the Spirit, the role of the Church in the world, and the hope of the coming of God's universal kingdom. Close attention is paid both to the literary form in which the theology is expressed and to the...
Sheffield Academic Press, 1998. — 448 p. — (Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement 166) This book explores the variety of ways John contextually uses the Old Testament in the Apocalypse. The introduction surveys and evaluates recent studies, which have been divided over the issue of whether or not John uses the Old Testament with sensitivity to its original...
Brady David. The Contribution of British writers between 1560 and 1830 to the interpretation of Revelation 13.16-18 (The Number of the Beast): A Study in the History of Exegesis. Tubingen: J.C. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1983: 335.1. Introduction.2. 1560-1603: From the Publication of the Geneva Bible to the Death of Queen Elizabeth.3. 1603-1625: The Reign of James I.4. 1626-1649: The...
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004. — 184 p. — (Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion). The book of Revelation presents a daunting picture of the destruction of the world, complete with clashing gods, a multiheaded beast, armies of heaven, and the final judgment of mankind. The bizarre conclusion to the New Testament is routinely cited as an example of the early...
London: SCM Press, 1949. — 154 p. The Purpose of the Commentary Rival Interpretations and Modern Discoveries Characteristics of Apocalyptic Literature The Contents of the Apocalypse Who wrote Revelation? When was Revelation written? Leading Ideas of Revelation Is Revelation a Christian Book? The Old Testament in the Book of Revelation John's Literary Technique The Devotional...
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