Okay, in my list of recommend books on Revelation, a few good books got left by the wayside, so I thought I’d give them a mention in dispatches here. Commentaries Yes, Koester and Aune are my favourites, but I’ve got a shout-out for a few more. Greg Beale’s (NIGTC) is terrific on OT background, lots of redemptive-historical themes, and his inaugurated millennial reading is
Nice list, you picked out some excellent ones! Gorman's is also the first book I recommend to people. A lesser known book is "Apocalypse and Allegiance" by J. Nelson Kraybill which I also found very similar to Gorman. I just finished your "evangelical theology" audio series and am hoping one day we can bring you over to the "a millennial" train that you seemed to want to join...in that regard I'd highly recommend Charles E Hill's "Regnum Caelorum" (if you haven't already) which surveys 2nd temple and patristic writings to propose that, contrary to popular belief, the early church's pre-millennial views were not the first/only understanding of Rev 20. Anyways, regardless of where people stand on the millennium (we will know once Jesus comes back!) I am encouraged to see less of the Hagee's and LaHaye's type work dominating thought. I used to think "left behind" was basically biblical!
Hello, Mike - You may be interested to check out the book by Richard Oster, Seven Congregations in a Roman Crucible (Rev 1-3) (Wipf & Stock, 2013). It often flies under the radar but it is good to note.
Nice list, you picked out some excellent ones! Gorman's is also the first book I recommend to people. A lesser known book is "Apocalypse and Allegiance" by J. Nelson Kraybill which I also found very similar to Gorman. I just finished your "evangelical theology" audio series and am hoping one day we can bring you over to the "a millennial" train that you seemed to want to join...in that regard I'd highly recommend Charles E Hill's "Regnum Caelorum" (if you haven't already) which surveys 2nd temple and patristic writings to propose that, contrary to popular belief, the early church's pre-millennial views were not the first/only understanding of Rev 20. Anyways, regardless of where people stand on the millennium (we will know once Jesus comes back!) I am encouraged to see less of the Hagee's and LaHaye's type work dominating thought. I used to think "left behind" was basically biblical!
Hello, Mike - You may be interested to check out the book by Richard Oster, Seven Congregations in a Roman Crucible (Rev 1-3) (Wipf & Stock, 2013). It often flies under the radar but it is good to note.