This book offers a consistent explanation of the peculiarity of the language of the Apocalypse (or Book of Revelation), namely that the rules of Greek grammar are broken because of the influence of Hebrew and Aramaic. It advances previous similar hypotheses in three ways. First, it focuses chiefly on the verbal system. Secondly, by methodically citing the ancient Greek translations of the Old Testament to demonstrate Hebrew/Aramaic influence, it serves as a limited survey of the syntax of the Septuagint. Thirdly, it argues that the Apocalypse's grammar was influenced not by later Hebrew/Aramaic dialects in use during the first century AD but by Old Testament Hebrew/Aramaic. This thesis suggests a new approach to the Apocalypse that gives greater attention to the influence of Old Testament Hebrew/Aramaic grammar and a fuller awareness of the writer's indebtedness to the Old Testament.
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This book offers a consistent explanation of the peculiarity of the language of the Apocalypse (or Book of Revelation), namely that the rules of Greek grammar are broken because of the influence of Hebrew and Aramaic. This thesis suggests a new approach to the Apocalypse that gives greater attention to the influence of Old Testament Hebrew/Aramaic grammar and a fuller awareness of the writer's indebtedness to the Old Testament.
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Steven Thompson is a Senior Lecturer in Theology at Avondale College, New South Wales. His research interests include the special nature of the language of the ancient Greek apocalypses. He is also researching the social history of wine and drinking in the Graeco-Roman world. For further details, see Steven Thompson's entry in the Register of Australian Drug and Alcohol Research, database ID 843 (www.radar.org.au).
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- Revelation 1-7 Commentary (Wycliffe Exegetical Commentary) by Robert Thomas in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and page 475
- Power and Place: Temple and Identity in the Book of Revelation (Beihefte Zur Zeitschrift Fur Die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft Und Die Kunde Der alt ... Und Die Kunde Der Alteren Kirche) by Gregory Stevenson in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The People of God in the Apocalypse: Discourse, Structure and Exegesis (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series) by Stephen Pattemore on page 56, and Back Matter
- Tales of the End: A Narrative Commentary on the Book of Revelation (The Storytellers Bible, V. 1) by David L. Barr in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Word Biblical Commentary; Revelation 17-22, VOL 52c by David E. Aune in Front Matter
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