Revelation: An Introduction And Commentary (Tyndale New Testament Commentary) - Softcover

Paul, Dr Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 178359344X ISBN 13: 9781783593446

Publisher: IVP, 2018

Synopsis

<p><b>The book of Revelation is the most developed example of a scriptural writer wrestling with the ideological implications of the gospel, and engaging with an opposing system in the light of what God has done in Jesus. </b></p><p>A fascinating piece of Scripture as well as an extraordinary piece of literature, its interpretation has affected our theology, art and worship, and even international politics.</p><p>It is an apocalypse, a letter and a prophecy. Ian Paul gives disciplined attention to the text, examines how John draws on the Old Testament, indicates how his message would have communicated and been understood in its first-century context, and makes connections with our contemporary world.</p><p><b>Tyndale Commentaries</b> are designed to help the reader of the Bible understand what the text says and what it means. The Introduction to each book gives a concise but thorough treatment of its authorship, date, original setting, and purpose. Following a structural Analysis, the Commentary takes the book section by section, drawing out its main themes, and also comments on individual verses and problems of interpretation. Additional Notes provide fuller discussion of particular difficulties.</p>

About this title

About the Author

Freelance theologian, writer, speaker, researcher, consultant. Associate Minister, St Nicholas’ Church, Nottingham; Managing Editor, Grove Books; Adjunct Professor of New Testament, Fuller Theological Seminary. Formerly Dean of Studies, St John's, Nottingham.

From the Back Cover

Series Editor: Eckhard J. Schnabel
Consulting Editor: Nicholas Perrin

These commentaries are designed to help the reader of the Bible understand what the text says and what it means. The Introduction to each book gives a concise but thorough treatment of its authorship, date, original setting and purpose. Following a structural Analysis, the Commentary takes the book section by section, drawing out its main themes, and also comments on individual verses and problems of interpretation. Additional Notes provide fuller discussion of particular difficulties. In the new New Testament volumes, the commentary on each section of the text is structured under three headings: Context, Comment and Theology. The goal is to explain the true meaning of the Bible and make its message plain.

REVELATION
The book of Revelation is the most developed example of a scriptural writer wrestling with the ideological implications of the gospel, and engaging with an opposing system in the light of what God has done in Jesus. It is an apocalypse, a letter and a prophecy. Ian Paul examines how John draws on the Old Testament, indicates how John's first-century readers would have understood his message, and makes connections with our contemporary world.


Ian Paul is a freelance theologian, writer and speaker, Adjunct Professor of New Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary and Associate Minister at St Nicholas' Church, Nottingham, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: IVP
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 178359344X
• ISBN 13: 9781783593446
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 396