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Sunday, April 7, 2013

Question on Apocalypse Commentaries - Le Donne

If you could only own one (modern) commentary on the Book of Revelation, what would it be?

11 comments:

  1. Robert Mulholland in the Cornerstone series has a nice balance between exegesis and theological interpretation and is useful both for scholarship and ministry.

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  2. Richard Bauckham's Theology of Revelation.

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  3. If only one... Beale's NIGTC volume for exegetical rigor, sensitivity to OT backgrounds (a couple other volumes would be nice to supplement for socio-historical backgrounds, though).

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  4. I'd second Bauckham's Theology of Revelation, but only if The Climax of Prophecy doesn't count as a commentary.

    Number two is a three-way time between: Aune's three-volume Word commentary; Boring's Interpretation volume, and Howard-Brook/Gwyther's Unveiling Empire.

    Eric

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  5. Word commentary is the only real one that I have looked at - Aune, David E., Word Biblical Commentary, Revelation, Volume 52A-C

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  6. David Aune's 3 volume Word Biblical Commentary on Revelation would be the only modern commentary that I would own, if I had to choose.

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  7. Steve Friesen's forthcoming Hermeneia commentary.

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  8. Craig Keener, Revelation. I don't care much for the series, but Keener is such a good scholar that he overcomes the boundaries of the series and still manages to be exceptionally helpful. However, I'd still choose Bauckham's The Climax of Prophecy over any commentary.

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  9. It has to be John Walvoor... hahaha! Almost said it with a straight face. Honestly, I would either have G.K. Beale's or Ian Boxhall's.

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  10. I'd like to recommend a newly-released commentary that I recently reviewed: John Christopher Thomas' The Apocalypse: A Literary and Theological Commentary (CPT: 2012). Chris' contribution offers a fresh and balanced approach that is especially sensitive to interpretations stemming from multiple oral readings.

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