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…
It is the vocabulary and style of the Gospel of John, the Johannine epistles, and Revelation that scholars generally point to as decisive evidence against common authorship. Centuries ago, Dionysius encourages a sharp distinction between John’s works by emphasizing the…
Writers of commentaries and New Testament introductions uniformly report that the authorship of Revelation is a controversial issue. Although the authorship of John the apostle is still defended in conservative circles, scholars outside of these circles commonly reject it and…
Pliny’s letter to Emperor Trajan also refers to people who claim that they were once Christians, but denied their faith in Christ as much as twenty years ago. As was the case in Pliny’s own time, at least some of…
Pliny’s correspondence with Trajan, the Roman Emperor, might shed some light on the persecution of Christians in John’s seven churches, including Pergamum and Smyrna. Around A.D. 112, Pliny is the governor of Bithynia in northern Asia Minor; he writes a…
Sometime in January of 2017, I finally finished a project that I have been working on for 7 years. The results of my labor on the book of Revelation produced a commentary of about 490 pages. In the next few…
The Apocalypse of St. John: The Greek Text with Introduction, Notes, and Indices. Henry Barclay Swete. London: Macmillan, 1911. 338 pp. plus 220 pp. of introduction. H. B. Swete was Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge from 1890-1916. His predecessor…
The Apocalypse of St. John: The Greek Text with Introduction, Notes, and Indices. Henry Barclay Swete. London: Macmillan, 1911. 338 pp. plus 220 pp. of introduction. H. B. Swete was Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge from 1890-1916. His predecessor…
The Book of Revelation by G. R. Beasley-Murray
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…