Revelation Continental Comment (A Continental Commentary) - Hardcover

Roloff, Jurgen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0800696506 ISBN 13: 9780800696504

Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1993

Synopsis

"Roloff has produced an intrepretation of the Revelation of John that can be certain to gain the special interest of theologians because of his . . . emphasis on the Christological starting-point of Revelation and the perspective that this discloses for the Christian community." -- Hans-Friedrich Weiss "In this commentary, one catches the Revelator's vision of eternity ablaze with promise and expectation of accountability in the bleakness of the present. May this book find many who are willing to dialog with the Revelator." -- Frederick Danker

About this title

About the Author

Jurgen Roloff, Professor of New Testament at the University of Erlangen, Germany, is the author of several important New Testament studies.

From the Back Cover

Is Revelation, with its strangeness and idiosyncratic theology, a legitimate expression of the gospel? To this question, raised by the book's conflicting history of influence, Jurgen Roloff is able to answer yes. Viewing Revelation as a lively interaction between the author and concrete communities of faith, Roloff maintains that the book's epistolary framework is the chief starting point for interpreting its prophetic message and bizarre apocalyptic images. After an informative introduction that focuses on the book's literary characteristics, historical context, and interpretive problems, Roloff explores each successive unit of the text under the following headings: text: fresh translation; form: literary Gattung, structure, and function; and commentary: verse-by-verse discussion of the text in its original context. The commentary also includes several helpful excursuses that explore specific issues related to a particular unit of the text.

Edition details

• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0800696506
• ISBN 13: 9780800696504
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288