The Book of Revelation and its Eastern Commentators

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-316-51936-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 571 g

In this volume, T.C. Schmidt offers a new perspective on the formation of the New Testament by examining it simply as a Greco-Roman 'testament', a legal document of great authority in the ancient world. His work considers previously unexamined parallels between Greco-Roman juristic standards and the authorization of Christianity's holy texts. Recapitulating how Greco-Roman testaments were created and certified, he argues that the book of Revelation possessed many testamentary characteristics that were crucial for lending validity to the New Testament. Even so, Schmidt shows how Revelation fell out of favor amongst most Eastern Christian communities for over a thousand years until commentators rehabilitated its status and reintegrated it into the New Testament. Schmidt uncovers why so many Eastern churches neglected Revelation during this period, and then draws from Greco-Roman legal practice to describe how Eastern commentators successfully argued for Revelation's inclusion in the New Testaments of their Churches.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schmidt, Thomas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Theologie, Doktrine
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Liturgik, Christliche Anbetung, Sakramente, Rituale, Feiertage
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Heilige & Traditionelle Texte, Mythologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Testamentary Standard of Consistency; 2. The Testamentary Standard of Integrity; 3. The Testamentary Standard of Profundity; Conclusion; Appendix: A Survey of Revelation's Reception; Bibliography: Commentators; General Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Schmidt, Thomas
T.C. Schmidt is Visiting Assistant Professor at Fairfield University. He is the author of Hippolytus of Rome: Commentary on Daniel and Chronicon, Revelation 1-3 in Christian Arabic Commentary, and a forthcoming volume Isho'dad of Merv: Commentary on Daniel.