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The Book of Revelation (New International Greek Testament Com (Eerdmans)) [Hardcover]

G. K. Beale (Author)
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October 1998 New International Greek Testament Com (Eerdmans)
This commentary series is established on the presupposition that the theological character of the New Testament documents calls for exegesis that is sensitive to theological themes as well as to the details of the historical, linguistic, and textual context. Such thorough exegetical work lies at the heart of these volumes, which contain detailed verse-by-verse commentary preceded by general comments on each section and subsection of the text.

An important aim of the NIGTC authors is to interact with the wealth of significant New Testament research published in recent articles and monographs. In this connection the authors make their own scholarly contributions to the ongoing study of the biblical text.

The text on which these commentaries are based is the UBS Greek New Testament, edited by Kurt Aland and others. While engaging the major questions of text and interpretation at a scholarly level, the authors keep in mind the needs of the beginning student of Greek as well as the pastor or layperson who may have studied the language at some time but does not now use it on a regular basis.

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Dr. Gregory K. Beale is Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia.

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  • Hardcover: 1309 pages
  • Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. (October 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 080282174X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0802821744
  • Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 2.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #221,554 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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G. K. Beale is professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary. In recent years he has served as President and as a member of the executive committee of the Evangelical Theological Society. He has written several books and articles on biblical studies and was the editor of Right Doctrine from Wrong Texts?

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120 of 125 people found the following review helpful
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Dr. Bill Mounce (son of Dr. Robert Mounce, who wrote another Revelation commentary, also colleague of Dr. Beale at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) once joked and said that "you know it's good when it's so thick."

I took a New Testament Interpretation class with Dr. Beale, and also have his Revelation class notes.

Indeed, this is a brilliantly written book, which is well-written and thoroughly done from an amillennial perspective. Although this camp is not particularly big within evangelicalism (the predominant view being premillennialism), this particular camp has some advantages of being supported by strong scholarship. Beale's book is one of the best in terms of applying interpretational methods.

Beale starts off with about 69 pages of background on symbolism of numbers and the symbolic nature of Revelation. His main premise is that the beginning of the book of Revelation (Rev. 1:1) begins with "he revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants what must soon take place; and he made it known by sending his angel to his servant John..." The word "made it known" (RSV) in greek is esemanen (aorist active indicative, 3rd singular for semaino ... which should be rendered "to be communicated in symbols"). Thus, Beale takes the view that the book of Revelation should be read primarily symbolically unless there is ample evidence that it should not be rendered symbolically. He would note some of those symbols include numbers, lampstands, sword, etc. Thus, because of the symbolic nature of the book, the "1000 years" of Rev. 20:4-6 is to be understood symbolically rather than a literal 1000 years, rendering his view as "amillennial".

Beale does a great job in scholarship in interacting with other views, namely the premillennial and postmillennial views (especially readings of Revelation 20:4-6 ... close to 100 pages here), and also with other theories of the horsemen (e.g., Beasly-Murray, etc.) He even interacts with other commentaries and papers written on Revelation, as well as incorporating other literature (e.g., Jewish apocryphal writings) to analyze the text. Excellent scholarship!

To utilize this commentary well, you will need some basic Greek training (as Beale does utilize the Greek New Testament a lot, including doing textual criticism analysis, sentence flow analysis), like at least a first-year biblical Greek course.

This is indeed the best amillennial commentary (and probably the best commentary) that I've seen of Revelation. The two that are typically suggested by scholars include Dr. Robert Mounce's and this one!

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47 of 48 people found the following review helpful
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This book is a scholar's dream on Revelation. Beale is to be commended for offering both the current scholarly range of interpretation on Revelation and for lucidly giving his own point of view -- many commentaries today only offer one or the other. The reader will come away with an appreciation of the major interpretive views of Reveltion as well as an excellently argued defense of Beale's idealist viewpoint. Those who do not share the Idealist bias should still be able to benefit from the wide range of differing viewpoints that Beale mentions, although any serious study of Revelation in the future will have to account for Beale's scholarship. Beale uses the Old Testament as his primary (although not only) key for interpreting the myriad puzzling passages in Revelation, and what results is a convincing analysis of a very confusing book. The only problem I could find with this commentary was its length: it is so exhaustive that its length is somewhat prohibitive against frequent usage (researching any passage is a major undertaking). However, this is a small criticism, as a shorter treatment of the subject matter would have prevented Beale from analyzing the text with such impressive depth. If you can afford the expensive cover price you will get all of your money's worth, and more, with this brilliant work.
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49 of 52 people found the following review helpful
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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.

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A treasure trove, not for Lahaye fans
I'm a bit of a dispensationalist I guess, Beale is not. But I just love this commentary. The introduction is a wealth of information on Revelation, and worth the price of the book. Read more
Published 7 months ago by D. Beirne
Good for research or reference
I do have Beale, along with 40+ other commentaries on Revelation, as I wrote a commentary on Revelation myself in the 1990's. Read more
Published 16 months ago by rossuk
Best Commentary on Revelation
This is easily the best commentary on Revelation. It's meticulously researched and demonstrates extensive connections to Biblical and Jewish literature. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Oscar
Turning Revelation into Obscurity
Beale's commentary on the Book of Revelation is one of the best examples to
be found in our day of an academic treatment of a book of the Bible which
renders what God... Read more
Published on January 21, 2010 by Anthony Garland
Great Commentary
This commentary is the best on the book of Revelation I have read. After having read over 15 commentaries on the book of Revelation, I finally was able to purchase this one. Read more
Published on September 12, 2009 by B. Rodriguez
Monumental and Superb!
Beale has written on of the most expansive commentaries that leaves very little in the Book of Revelation unexplored. The Introduction itself is worth the price of the book. Read more
Published on July 11, 2007 by DarrenGJohnson
One of the very best commentaries on Revelation
This is one of the best commentaries on Revelation written by a notable evangelical scholar. As other reviewers have noted, Dr. Beale writes from an Amillennial perspective. Read more
Published on October 2, 2006 by moviemusicbuff
Beale Set Me On Fire for Revelation Study & Preaching
I pastor a church (10+ yrs now) about 2 hours from Wheaton College where Beale currently teaches. I audited his Spring 2006 course on Revelation in Greek. Read more
Published on September 2, 2006 by David A. Bielby
Beale is good at what is Beale good at
I disagree with mr. Bultman that Ken Gentry will prove able to settle 1 century influence on John's thought the way it has already been done by David Aune (which I would give 5... Read more
Published on January 23, 2006 by Student Leuven Belgium
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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... Read more
Published on September 8, 2001 by Donald J. Perry
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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
insufficient attestation, persevering witness, collective allusion, threefold clause, inaugurated judgment, inaugurated fulfillment, deceiving activities, ethnic seed, ungodly world system, exodus plagues, begun fulfillment, hearing formula, messianic lamb, one having ears, trumpet woes, incipient fulfillment, vindicated condition, futurist commentators, sevenfold series, literal martyrs, unnumbered visions, sevenfold visions, place after these things, exhorting saints, partial allusion
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Midr Rab, Old Testament, Climax of Prophecy, Asia Minor, Pesikta Rabbati, New Testament, Red Sea, Pesikta de Rab Kahana, Textual Commentary, Midr Pss, Mount Zion, Saw Heaven Opened, Johannine Studies, Days of Vengeance, Lord God, Synoptic Traditions, Holy Spirit, Assumption of Moses, Sifre Deut, Greek Testament, Odes Sol, Legends of the Jews, Jesus Christ, John's Apocalypse, Pirke de Rabbi Eliezer
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