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Article: A Commentary on the Apocalypse of John.(Book review)
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- Biblical Theology Bulletin
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- March 22, 2008
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A Commentary on the Apocalypse of John. By Edmondo Lupieri. Translated by Mafia Poggi Johnson & Adam Kamesar. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2006. Pp. xxx + 395. Paper, $36.00.
The goal of this commentary (smoothly translated from the Italian) is to understand "the Apocalypse of John in light of its historical and cultural background, with as little as possible in the way of linguistic or philological commentary, analysis of manuscript variants and discussion of the subsequent history" (xi). This may not sound different from the plethora of commentaries available, but Lupieri's specific contribution is to read the Apocalypse as a polemic between Jewish groups, ...