A Commentary on the Apocalypse of John

by Edmondo F. Lupieri, Adam Kamesar (Translator), Maria Poggi Johnson (Translator)

Edmondo Lupieri's main goal in A Commentary on the Apocalypse of John is to introduce readers to the mental and spiritual world of John as both a first-century Jew and a follower of Jesus. The fruit of over ten years of research, a constructive response to postmodern criticism, and an academic best-seller in its Italian edition, Lupieri's commentary offers both new proposals and traditional interpretations to shed light on this complex coda to the biblical message.

In an illuminating preface Lupieri discusses the strange world of the Apocalypse and promises an open commentary, full of original treatments of knotty interpretive problems. Maintaining a strong historical perspective throughout, he examines the text of the Apocalypse line by line, paying careful attention to the Greek text, offering a new translation, making wide use of apocryphal, pseudepigraphal, and Qumran literature, and often analyzing John's Apocalypse as compared to other Jewish apocalypses.

Thoughtful, thorough, and nonsectarian, Lupieri's Commentary on the Apocalypse of John will appeal to anyone with a serious interest in the meaning of the biblical text.

425 pages, Paperback

First published October 30, 2006

Reviews

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

I bought this book very inexpensively just to see what it was like. On the whole, I think Lupieri engages well with the text on its own terms-- and ends up with some interesting exegetical possibilities along the way. It isn't going to be my go to commentary but I might just find myself referring to it again from time to time as occasion warrants.