基本説明
This book is the first of its kind: An innovative socio-rhetorical commentary on the Book of Revelation.
Full Description
This book was the first of its kind: a socio-rhetorical commentary on the Book of Revelation. Without sacrificing scholarly perspective or academic rigor, it is written to be accessible for a wide audience - including pastors, scholars, teachers, seminarians, and interested lay people. A 'Suggested Reading List' - a feature of all volumes in the New Cambridge Bible Commentary - will serve as point of entry for the new student of Revelation and as a helpful annotated bibliography for all readers. Frequent 'Closer-Look' sections examine key elements of the Roman-Greco world that bear on the text's meaning while 'Bridging the Horizons' sub-chapters connect this world with the cultural, political, and religious environments of today. The entire NRSV translation is provided throughout the text. Award-winning author Ben Witherington, III brings a New Testament-scholar's insight and successful clergyman's lucidity to the often opaque passages of the last book of the New Testament.
Contents
Part I. Introduction: 1. Authorship, date and audience of the apocalypse; 2. The resources, rhetoric and restructuring of Revelation; 3. Revelation in its social setting in West Asia Minor; 4. The christology of Revelation; 5. The genre of Revelation; 6. A brief tour of the Book of Revelation; Part II. Suggested Reading on Revelation: 1. The genre of Revelation; 2. Commentaries; 3. Rhetorical studies; 4. Sociological and anthropological approaches; 5. Classical and archaeological resources; 6. History of interpretation; 7. Theology; 8. Important monographs; 9. Articles of interest; Part III. Commentary: 1. Rev. 1.1-3: Visionary material: handle carefully; 2. Rev. 1.4-1.20: The Heavenly Son of Man; 3. Rev. 2-3: postcards from the edge; 4. Rev. 4-5: the throne room vision; 5. Rev. 6.1-8.5: The Seven Seals; 6. Rev. 8.5-11: The Seven Trumpets; 7. Rev. 12: The woman and the dragon; 8. Rev. 13.1-14.5: 666 and his spokesman; 9. Rev. 14.6-14.20: Three angelic messengers; 10. Rev. 15.1-16.21: The seven eschatological plagues; 11. Rev. 17.1-19.10: Babylon the Harlot; 12. Rev. 19.11-21.8: The rider on the white horse, redemptive-judgment and the messianic millennium; 13. Rev. 21.9-22.5: The tour of the New Jerusalem; 14. Rev. 22.6-22.21: The epilogue; Part IV. Appendix: A Millennial Problem; Index.
