Re: Expositor's GNT

Kevin W. Woodruff (cierpke@utc.campus.mci.net)
Tue, 18 Nov 1997 13:44:04 -0500

Jonathan:
Yes it is the exact format
Depending on your hermeutical preferences, I would suggest the following:
Not all these are directly on the Greek, but Beckwith, Charles, Thomas,
D’sterdieck,n Hort, Hengstenberg, Johnson, Lenski, Mounce, Stuart, swete and
Thomas are definitely ones you'll want to check.

Beasley-Murray, George R. "The Book of Revelation," in The New Century Bible
Commentary. Greenwood, South Carolina: Attic Press, 1978.
[BS 2825.3 .B42 1978]

Beckwith, Isbon T. The Apocalypse of John. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1967.
[BS 2825 .B4 1967]

Caird, George Bradford. "A Commentary on The Revelation of St. John the
Divine," in Harper's New Testament Commentaries. New York: Harper & Row, 1966.
[BS 2825.3 .C3]

Charles, Robert Henry."A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the
Revelation of St. John," in The International Critical Commentary. 2 vols.
Edinburgh: T & T. Clark, 1920.
[BS 2825 .A3 C4 1979]

D’sterdieck, Friedrich. Critical and Exegetical Handbook to the Revelation
of John. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson, 1983.
[Ref BS 2344 .M5 1983 v.11]

Hengstenberg Ernst Wilhem. The Revelation of St. John: Expounded for Those
Who Search the Scriptures. 2 vols. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1851.
[Microfiche 3208]

Hort, Fenton John Anthony."The Apocalypse of St. John I-III," in Expository
and Exegetical Studies. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Klock & Klock, 1980.
[BS 2341.2 .H67]

Johnson, Alan F. "Revelation," in The Expositor's Bible Commentary. Vol. 12.
Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1981.
[Ref BS 491.2 .E96 v.12]

_____. Revelation: Bible Study Commentary. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1983.
[BS 2825.3 .J63 1983]

Ladd, George Eldon. A Commentary on the Revelation of John. Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans, 1972.
[BS 2825.3 .L28]

Lenski, Richard C. H. The Interpretation of St. John's Revelation.
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Augsburg, 1963.
[Ref BS 2341 .L46 v.12]

Loane, Marcus Lawrence. They Overcame: An Exposition of the First Three
Chapters of Revelation. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1981.
[Not available in the library]

Milligan, William. "The Book of Revelation," in The Expositor's Bible. New
York. A. C. Armstrong & Son, 1908
[BS 2805 .A43]

Morris, Leon."The Book of Revelation," in The Tyndale New Testament
Commentary. Rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1987.
[BS 2825.3 .M67 1987]

Mounce, Robert Hayden."The Book of Revelation," in The New International
Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1977.
[BS 2825.3 .M69 1980]

Mounce, Robert Hayden."The Book of Revelation," in The New International
Commentary on the New Testament. Rev. ed.
Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997.

Newell, William R. The Book of Revelation. Chicago: Moody Press, 1935.
[BS 2825 .N45]

Ottman, Ford Cyrinde. The Unfolding of the Ages in the Revelation of John.
1905. Reprint. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1967.
[BS 2825 .O87 1967]

Ramsay, William. The Letters to the Seven Churches and Their Place in the
Plan of the Apocalypse. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1979.
[BS 2825 .R33 1979]

Simcox, W. H. "The Revelation of St. John," in The Cambridge Bible For
Schools and Colleges. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1894.
[Ref BS 2825 .S55 1894]

Smith, Jacob Brubaker. A Revelation of Jesus Christ: A Commentary on the
Book of Revelation. Scottdale, Pennsylvania: Herald Press, 1961.
[BS 2825.5 .S56]

Stuart, Moses. A Commentary on the Apocalypse. 2 vols. Andover,
Massachusetts: Allen, Morrill and Wardwell, 1845.
[Special BS 2825 .S77]

Swete, Henry Barclay. Commentary on Revelation. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1977.
[BS 2821 .S96 1977]

Thomas, Robert L. Revelation 1-7: An Exegetical Commentary. Chicago: Moody
Press, 1992.
[BS 2825.3 .T46 1992]

_____. Revelation 8-21: An Exegetical Commentary. Chicago: Moody Press, 1994.
[Not available in the library]

Trench, Richard Chenevix. Commentary on the Epistles to the Seven Churches
in Asia. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Klock & Klock, 1978.
[BS 2825 .T79 1978]

At 12:21 PM 11/18/97 -0500, you wrote:
>At 11:48 AM 11/18/97 -0500, Kevin W. Woodruff wrote:
>>It has the Greek Text (Textus Receptus) at the top of the page and then
>>textual varant readings below the Greek text and then a double column of
>>commentary on the text in a verse by verse format. the writing is terse,
>>compact, and informative
>
>This sounds a bit like the Hort commentary on Revelation or the Swete
>commentary on Revelation. Are they similar in format?
>
>What other commentaries give good, detailed analysis of the Greek text? I
>have tended to have a bit of an inductive bias, and until fairly recently, I
>have generally avoided using commentaries because I wanted to wrestle with
>the text myself first, and I've rarely found the time to do the next step.
>
>I am now using Swete's commentary along with a few others for the Sunday
>School class I'm teaching on the Revelation. None of the others give as much
>detail on the Greek text as Swete. What other commentaries should I be
>looking at for the Revelation?
>
>Jonathan
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