The Apocalypse of John: A Commentary

by Francis J. Moloney

Publisher:

Baker Academic

, 2020

Overview

In this major, paradigm-shifting commentary on Revelation, internationally respected author Francis Moloney brings his keen narrative and exegetical work to bear on one of the most difficult, mysterious, and misinterpreted texts in the biblical canon. Challenging the assumed consensus among New Testament scholars, Moloney reads Revelation not as an exhortation to faithfulness in a period of persecution but as a celebration of the ongoing effects of Jesus’s death and resurrection. Foreword by Eugenio Corsini.

Key Features

• Presents Revelation as a celebration of the ongoing effects of Jesus’s death and resurrection
• Examines the narrative and exegetical aspects of Revelation
• Challenges the assumed consensus among New Testament scholars

Contents

Top Highlights

“The letters have also used the setting and events surrounding humankind’s original fall (Ephesus), followed by a steady presentation of major moments in Israel’s history: Egypt (Smyrna); the desert experience (Pergamum); the kings in Israel (Thyatira); the end of the kingdoms, leaving a remnant (Sardis); and return to Judea and building the temple (Philadelphia) as the setting for Christ’s instructions. The letter to Laodicea addresses the next stage: Israel did not recognize Jesus of Nazareth as the Messiah announced in the Scriptures.” (Pages 79–80)

“Rather, they are instructed repeatedly that life and light have been made available through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ (see 22:1–5). Our understanding of the Apocalypse’s genre cannot be determined by a narrow focus on victory that is eschatological in character.” (Page 10)

“For John, it has not ‘already begun’ with the Messiah’s exaltation. It is not ‘in process’ during the present time. It has already been realized in the perennially available saving action of God in the death and resurrection of Jesus.” (Page 11)

“recognizing and honoring God as the creator of all things” (Page 93)

“An allusion to the time of Israel’s kings is clear. The height of the monarchy was a time of increasing wealth, expansion, and power (1 Kings 1:47); similarly, the love, faith, service, and endurance of the church at Thyatira continue to grow (Apoc. 1:19).” (Page 74)

Product Details

• Title: The Apocalypse of John: A Commentary
• Author: Francis J. Moloney
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Print Publication Date: 2020
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Pages: 404
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. N.T. Revelation › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9781493426423, 9781540961778, 9781493423798, 1493426427, 154096177X, 1493423797
• Resource ID: LLS:APOCJNMOLONEY
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:08:53Z

About Francis J. Moloney

Francis J. Moloney earned his STL from the Salesian Pontifical University in 1970 and his LSS from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in 1972. He earned a DPhil from the University of Oxford in 1976. He was professor of New Testament at Catholic Theological College in Melbourne’s College of Divinity in Australia from 1976 to 1994. Moloney was the first theologian to be recognized as a fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities—an honor conferred in 1992—and was awarded the Order of Australia in 1994.

Moloney became professor of New Testament at the Catholic University of America (CUA) in Washington, DC, in 1999, and was elected president of the Catholic Biblical Association of America in 2001. By 2003, he was dean of the School of Theology and Religious Studies at CUA. He was appointed by Pope John Paul II to the International Theological Commission to the Holy See and served on it for 18 years. Moloney has written 36 books and numerous articles, including a popular commentary on the Catholic Epistles, From James to Jude and A Body Broken for a Broken People. Eucharist in the New Testament.