Word Biblical Commentary,9780849902512

Word Biblical Commentary

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ISBN13: 9780849902512
ISBN10: 0849902517
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1997-09-01
Publisher(s): Thomas Nelson Inc
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Summary

The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology. These widely acclaimed commentaries serve as exceptional resources for the professional theologian and instructor, the seminary or university student, the working minister, and everyone concerned with building theological understanding from a solid base of biblical scholarship.

Table of Contents

Editorial Preface x(1)
Author's Preface xi(2)
Abbreviations xiii(15)
Commentary Bibliography xxviii(2)
General Bibliography xxx(17)
INTRODUCTION
Section 1: Authorship x1vii(9)
Section 2: Date 1vi(14)
Section 3: Genre 1xx(20)
Section 4: Literary Structure xc(15)
Section 5: Source Criticism cv(29)
Section 6: Text cxxxiv(26)
Section 7: Syntax c1x(47)
Section 8: Vocabulary ccvii
TEXT AND COMMENTARY The Inscription 3
1. Prologue (1:1-8)
5(55)
A. Title: The Revelation of Jesus Christ (1:1-2)
5(1)
B. Beatitude (1:3)
5(18)
C. Epistolary Prescript (1:4-5c)
23(18)
Excursus 1A: The Tripartite Divine Name in the Targumim
32(4)
Excursus 1B: The Spirit in Revelation
36(5)
D. Doxology (1:5d-6)
41(9)
E. Two Prophetic Oracles (1:7-8)
50(10)
II. John's Vision and Commission (1:9-3:22)
60(206)
A. Vision of "One like a Son of Man" (1:9-20)
60(57)
Excursus 1C: The "Angles" of the Seven Churches
108(4)
Excursus 1D: The Tripartite Prophecy Formula
112(2)
Excursus 1E: The Number Seven
114(3)
B. Proclamations to the Seven Churches (2:1-3:22)
117(149)
1. The Proclamation to Ephesus (2:1-7)
132(16)
Excursus 2A: The Nicolaitans
148(8)
2. The Proclamation to Smyrna (2:8-11)
156(12)
Excursus 2B: Anotolian Jewish Communities and Synagogues
168(4)
Excursus 2C: Ancient Wreath and Crown Imagery
172(4)
3. The Proclamation to Pergamon (2:12-17)
176(15)
Excursus 2D: Eating Food Sacrificed to Idols
191(4)
4. The Proclamation to Thyatira (2:18-29)
195(19)
5. The Proclamation to Sardis (3:1-6)
214(14)
6. The Proclamation to Philadelphia (3:7-13)
228(17)
7. The Proclamation to Laodicea (3:14-22)
245(19)
Excursus 3A: The Sayings of Jesus in Revelation
264(2)
III. The Disclosure of God's Eschatological Plan (4:1-22:9)
266
A. John's Heavently Ascent (4:1-2a)
266(1)
B. The Sovereighty of God, the Investiture of the Lamb, and the First Six Seals (4:2b-7:17)
266(214)
1. Vision of the Heavently Throne Room (4:2b-5:14)
266(1)
a. The Heavently Worship of God (4:2b-11)
266(21)
Excursus 4A: The Twenty-Four Elders
287(27)
Excursus 4B: Hymns in Revelation
314(3)
Excursus 4C: The Cosmology of Ancient Ascent Narratives
317(2)
b. The Investiture of the Lamb (5:1-14)
319(48)
Excursus 5A: Christ as the Lamb
367(10)
2. The Lamb Breaks the First Six Seals (6:1-17)
377(39)
Excursus 6A: Ancient Prodigies and the Plagues of Revelation
416(8)
3. The Protective Sealing of the 144,000 (7:1-17)
424(32)
Excursus 7A: Marking, Branding, and Tattooing in the Ancient World
456(8)
Excursus 7B: The Order of the Tribes in Rev 7:4-8
464(16)
C. The Seventh Seal and the First Six Trumpets (8:1-11:14)
480(152)
1. The Seventh Seal (8:1)
480(1)
2. Vision of the First Six Trumbets (8:2-9:21)
480(67)
3. The Angel and the Little Scroll (10:1-11)
547(28)
4. The Temple and the Two Witnesses (11:15-16:21)
575(57)
D. The Seventh Trumpet and the Seven Bowls (11:15-16:21)
632
1. The Seventh Trumpet (11:15-18)
632(15)
2. The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon (11:19-12:17)
647(46)
Excursus 12A: Michael the Archangel
693(17)
Excursus 12B: The Commandments of God and the Torah
710(3)
3. The Two Beasts (12:18-13:18)
713(24)
Excursus 13A: The Nero Redux or Redivivus Legend
737(14)
Excursus 13B: The Eschatological Antagonist
751(20)
Excursus 13C: 666 and Gematria
771(2)
Excursus 13D: The Provincial League (Koinon) of Asia
773(2)
Excursus 13E: The Roman Imperial Cult in Asia Minor
775(6)
4. Visions of Eschatological Salvation and Judgment (14:1-20)
781(37)
Excursus 14A: Celibacy in Antiquity
818(31)
5. The Seven Bowls (15:1-16:21)
849(42)
Excursus 16A: Rome and Parthia
891
E. Revelations of the Judgment of Babylon (17:1-19:10)
1. Introduction to the Revelations (17:1-2)
The Allegorical Vision of Babylon as the Great Whore (17:3-18)
Excursus 17A: The Biography of the Beast
Excursus 17B: Alternate Ways of Counting the Roman Emperors
3. The Destruction of Babylon (18:1-24)
4. Heavently Throne-Room Audition (19:1-8)
5. Concluding Angelic Revelation (19:9-10)
F. The Final Defeat of God's Remaining Foes (19:11-21:8)
1. The Divine Warrior and His Conquests (19:11-21)
2. The Final Defeat of Satan (20:1-10)
3. Vision of the Judgment of the Dead (20:11-15)
Excursus 20A: The Temporary and the Eternal Kingdom
4. The Transition to the New Order (21:1-8)
G. The Vision of the New Jerusalem (21:9-22:9)
1. Introduction to the Vision (21:9-10b)
2. The Seer Visits the New Jerusalem (21:10c-22:5)
3. Transitional Conclusion (22:6-9)
Excursus 21A: Jerusalem and the Temple in Early Judaism and Early Christianity
Excursus 21B: Ancient Utopias and the Paradise Myth
IV. Epilogue (22:10-21)
A. Concluding Parenesis (22:10-20)
B. Epistolary Postscript (22:21)
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