What is a chiasm? For those who may not be sure what a chiasm is, I will give a brief explanation. A chiasm is a literary structure that one finds in certain parts of the Bible, where the author has…
Perhaps you would like to study Revelation 2-3 with your Bible study group and you need to find some good study questions that you could use for yourself and your students. I am making available the study questions that I…
One of the important dependent or subordinate clauses to learn about in elementary Greek is the relative clause. In Greek, they are introduced by the relative pronoun ὅς (hos). These dependent clauses are sometimes hidden in translations, because authors, like…
Last week, I was given the opportunity to preach on Revelation in chapel. I chose to preach on something other than the common passages that one commonly hears in church, like the seven letters to the seven churches (Rev. 2-3).…
Revelation. Craig Keener. NIV Application Commentary. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000. 576 pp. Craig Keener is a prolific author with some common emphases in his works. He is well-known, for example, for his emphasis upon the value of parallels in Greco-Roman…
The Book of the Revelation, Philip E. Hughes. Pillar New Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990. 242 pp. Hughes’s commentary on Revelation is not widely known, probably because it has gone out of print. I have found his commentary on…
The Book of Revelation. G. R. Beasley-Murray. New Century Bible Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1974. 352 pp. Introduction to the Unique Strengths and Usefulness of Beasley-Murray’s Commentary Grant Osborne was the first person to point out to me the value…
The Book of Revelation: A Commentary on the Greek Text. G. K. Beale. New International Greek Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999. 1245 pp. plus 64 pp. of introduction. Introduction to the Unique Strengths and Usefulness of Beale’s Commentary Beale’s…
On Theological Differences Some scholars who do not attribute Revelation to John, the well-known apostle of Jesus, point to significant differences in the theology of Revelation versus the theology of John’s other works. The differences with respect to theology are…
Mathewson’s Handbook on the Greek Text of Revelation
Revelation: A Handbook on the Greek Text. By David L. Mathewson. Baylor Handbook on the Greek New Testament. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2016. Paperback, $34.95. David Mathewson, Associate Professor of New Testament at Denver Seminary, has written important works on…