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Title: The Book of Revelation: A Commentary on the Greek Text (New International Greek Testament Commentary (Grand Rapids, Mich.).) by Gregory K. Beale ISBN: 0-8028-2174-X Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: October, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.57 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A massive and scholarly commentary
Comment: There are a lot of great things to say about this commentary. First of all, from reading it, it is easy to see that there are few things to do with the book of Revelation that Beale has not thought long and hard about. He is especially helpful at elucidating how much John utilizes Old Testament imagery in describing his revelatory visions. The commentary's introduction is 180 pages long and deals with the symbolism in the book of Revelation as well as the grammar and the theology and the political and cultural life setting.
But there are a number of points where the reader will definitely want to question some of Beale's conclusions. Not everyone will follow him in his interpretation of the word 'show' in Rev 1:1, or follow him in his idealistic amillennial understanding of Revelation. The reader may question Beale's reluctance to interpret literally at certain points in the commentary as well. But you can't possibly come away from a careful reading of this volume without learning something. For the educated clergyman, this is a great commentary to get, alongside the more accessible volumes of Craig Koester and Robert Mounce.
Rating: 5
Summary: Get It ! ! !
Comment: I was a Full - Preterist but now hold a view similar to Beale. I do think he has the right idea. I would add a few things, that is that Revelation is fulfilled in the firstfruits and now we must follow that same path. But Beale pretty is saying the same thing for the most part, which is Christ is the "Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending . . . which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.", Rev. 1 That He always will be "God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come", Rev. 4. And since Christ does not change after the cross neither shall His revelation, Rev. 1:1. So in that Beale likes to think Revelation was written in 90 AD is not a problem for me. Get his book, you will not be sorry you did!
Donald James Perry
Rating: 4
Summary: Solid contribution.
Comment: Greg Beale's contribution to the study of Revelation is no doubt one of the best ever. Easily on par with Aune (WBC), greater in detail than Mounce (NICNT), the standard Evangelical commentary.
Yet Beale is not without its flaws. One of the most serious is that Beale simply brushes of any preterist readings and more than this; often does not interact with the preterist (first century context) at all!
We still await some recent commentary that takes the first century context seriously, (D. Chilton not withstanding). Hopefully, Ken Gentry will soon fill this gap.
H.S Bultmann.
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Title: The Theology of the Book of Revelation by Richard Bauckham ISBN: 0521356911 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 04 March, 1993 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Revelation by Grant R. Osborne ISBN: 0801022991 Publisher: Baker Book House Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: The Book of Revelation (New International Commentary on the New Testament) by Robert H. Mounce ISBN: 0802825370 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: November, 1997 List Price(USD): $48.00 |
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Title: The Pastoral Epistles: A Commentary on the Greek Text (The New International Greek Testament Commentary) by George W. Knight ISBN: 0802823955 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: August, 1992 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: The Gospel of Mark: New International Commentary on the Greek Testament (New International Greek Testament Commentary) by R. T. France ISBN: 0802824463 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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