Revelation (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament | ZEC)

by Buist Fanning

Publisher:

Zondervan

, 2020

Overview

Designed for the pastor and Bible teacher, the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament features today's top New Testament scholars and brings together commentary features rarely gathered together in one volume. With careful analysis and interpretation of the Greek text, the authors trace the flow of argument in each New Testament book, giving readers the tools they need to properly understand and communicate the meaning of the text.

Commentary on each passage follows a clear structure to help readers grasp the flow and meaning of the text:

• Literary Context: A brief discussion of how the passage functions in the broader literary context of the book.
• Main Idea: A one- or two-sentence statement of the big idea or central thrust of the passage.
• Translation and Graphical Layout: Presents each commentator’s translation of the Greek text in a graphical layout to help the reader visualize, and thus better understand, the flow of thought within the text.
• Structure: Describes the flow of thought in the passage and explains how certain interpretive decisions regarding the relationship of the clauses were made in the passage.
• Exegetical Outline: The overall structure of the passage is described in a detailed exegetical outline. This will be particularly helpful for those who are looking for a way to concisely explain the flow of thought in the passage in a teaching or preaching setting.
• Explanation of the Text: Commentators examine words and images, grammatical details, relevant Old Testament and Jewish background to a particular concept, historical and cultural context, important text-critical issues, and various interpretive issues that surface.
• Theology in Application: The theological message of the passage is summarized. The author discusses the theology of the text in terms of its place within the book and in a broader biblical-theological context. Finally, each commentator provides some suggestions on what the message of the passage is for the church today.

The Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament series is the go-to resource for pastors and Bible teachers looking for deep but accessible study that equips them to connect the needs of Christians today with the biblical text.

Key Features

• Presents the commentator’s translation of the Greek text
• Analyzes the main ideas, structure, and application of each section
• Provides verse-by-verse commentary with a careful analysis and interpretation of the text

Contents

Top Highlights

“To be clear, John’s typology does not picture Nero himself returning but one in the end times who will be like Nero, characterized by even greater savagery and madness.” (Pages 445–446)

“Revelation is an explicitly Christian book and exalts God’s work in Jesus Christ from start to finish, but it is the Old Testament and its Jewish conceptions of God’s salvation and judgment now being fulfilled in Jesus that are central to John’s book as a whole.” (Page 42)

“And some decide that it was written not by the apostle but by another church leader, a prophet known to the churches of Asia Minor, also named John and influenced by the apostle.¹⁹ The final option is the conclusion followed in this commentary.” (Page 28)

“the clear symbolism here is that God and the Lamb are the ever-abundant source of life and health for their people” (Page 554)

“A better option is that the vision anticipates an earthly temple that will exist in Jerusalem at the cataclysmic time of future judgment just prior to the return of Christ to earth (i.e., at the time when the seal, trumpet, and bowl judgments occur as presented in chs. 6–16; cf. 2 Thess 2:4 that also assumes this scenario).” (Page 328)

Product Details

• Title: Revelation
• Author: Buist Fanning
• Series: Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Print Publication Date: 2020
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Pages: 623
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. N.T. Revelation › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9780310102083, 9780310102076, 9780310244172, 0310102081, 0310102073, 031024417X
• Resource ID: LLS:EXEGCOMM87REV
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-09-26T21:20:24Z

About Buist M. Fanning, III

Buist Fanning (DPhil, University of Oxford) is the department chair and senior professor of New Testament studies at Dallas Theological Seminary.