APOCALYPSE OF JOHN: RESERVE BOOKS
The following commentaries are recommended not only for those who choose to write an exegetical paper as their final project, but for all members of the class for our work throughout the term.
Aune, David E. Revelation. 3 vols. Word Biblical Commentary. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1997-1998.
Barr, David L. Tales of the End. A Narrative Commentary on the Book of Revelation. Polebridge, 1998.
Boring, M. Eugene. Revelation. Interpretation Commentary. Louisville: John Knox Press, 1989. (In the REFERENCE section)
Caird, G. B. The Revelation of St. John the Divine. Harper’s New Testament Commentaries. New York: Harper & Row, 1966.
Fiorenza, Elisabeth Schüssler. Revelation. Vision of a Just World. Proclamation Commentaries. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1991.
Krodel, Gerhard. Revelation. Augsburg Commentary on the New Testament. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1989.
Murphy, Frederick J. Fallen Is Babylon. The Revelation to John. The New Testament in Context. Valley Forge: Trinity Press International, 1998.
Richard, Pablo. Apocalypse. A People’s Commentary on the Book of Revelation. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1995.
Talbert, Charles. The Apocalypse: A Reading of the Revelation of John. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1994.
In addition, you will find on reserve Gilles Quispel’s book The Secret Book of Revelation (McGraw Hill, 1979), which I heartily recommend for the artwork included in the book, but NOT for the accompanying commentary, and the beautiful volume Apocalypse: Visions from the Book of Revelation in Western Art, by Frederik van der Meer (Alpine Fine Arts Collection, 1978).