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A New Covenant Commentary
Gordon D. Fee
CASCADE Books - Eugene, Oregon
REVELATION
A New Covenant Commentary
New Covenant Commentary Series 18
Copyright © 2011 Gordon D. Fee.
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Fee, Gordon
Revelation : a new covenant commentary / Gordon D. Fee.
xxii + 332 p. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index.
New Covenant Commentary Series 18
isbn 13: 978-1-60899-431-11
1. Bible. N.T. Revelation—Commentaries. I. Title. II. Series.
bs2825.53 f45 2011
Manufactured in the United States of America
NCCS | New Covenant Commentary Series
The New Covenant Commentary Series (NCCS) is designed for ministers and students who require a commentary that interacts with the text and context of each New Testament book and pays specific attention to the impact of the text upon the faith and praxis of contemporary faith communities.
The NCCS has a number of distinguishing features. First, the contributors come from a diverse array of backgrounds in regards to their Christian denominations and countries of origin. Unlike many commentary series that tout themselves as international the NCCS can truly boast of a genuinely international cast of contributors with authors drawn from every continent of the world (except Antarctica) including countries such as the United States, Puerto Rico, Australia, the United Kingdom, Kenya, India, Singapore, and Korea. We intend the NCCS to engage in the task of biblical interpretation and theological reflection from the perspective of the global church. Second, the volumes in this series are not verse-by-verse commentaries, but they focus on larger units of text in order to explicate and interpret the story in the text as opposed to some often atomistic approaches. Third, a further aim of these volumes is to provide an occasion for authors to reflect on how the New Testament impacts the life, faith, ministry, and witness of the New Covenant Community today. This occurs periodically under the heading of “Fusing the Horizons and Forming the Community.” Here authors provide windows into community formation (how the text shapes the mission and character of the believing community) and ministerial formation (how the text shapes the ministry of Christian leaders).
It is our hope that these volumes will represent serious engagements with the New Testament writings, done in the context of faith, in service of the church, and for the glorification of God.
Series Editors:
Michael F. Bird (Crossway College, Queensland, Australia)
Craig Keener (Palmer Seminary, Philadelphia, USA)
Titles in this series:
Romans Craig Keener
Ephesians Lynn Cohick
Colossians and Philemon Michael F. Bird
Forthcoming titles (in order of projected publication):
James Pablo Jimenez
1–3 John Sam Ngewa
John Jey Kanagaraj
Pastoral Epistles Aída Besançon-Spencer
Mark Kim Huat Tan
Acts Youngmo Cho and Hyung Dae Park
Luke Jeannine Brown
2 Peter and Jude Andrew Mbuvi
Matthew Joel Willits
1 Peter Eric Greaux
1–2 Thessalonians David Garland
Philippians Linda Belleville
Hebrews Tom Thatcher
Galatians Brian Vickers
1 Corinthians Bruce Winter
2 Corinthians David deSilva
Outline of Revelation
The Introduction (Revelation 1)
The Revelation as Apocalypse and Prophecy (1:1–3)
The Johannine Prescript (1:4–8)
The Dramatis Personae: John Introduces Himself and His Recipients (1:9–11)
The Dramatis Personae: John’s Vision of Christ (1:12–16)
John’s Response to the Lord’s Command (1:17–20)
The Letters to the Seven Churches (Revelation 2–3)
To the Church in Ephesus (2:1–7)
To the Church in Smyrna (2:8–11)
To the Church in Pergamum (2:12–17)
To the Church in Thyatira (2:18–29)
To the Church in Sardis (3:1–6) / 44
To the Church in Philadelphia (3:7–13)
To the Church in Laodicea (3:14–22)
John’s Vision of Heaven and Earth (Revelation 4–6)
The Throne in Heaven (4:1–6a) / 67
The Occupants of Heaven and Their Worship (4:6b–11)
The Unopened Scroll (5:1–4)
The Lion Who Is a Lamb (5:5–6)
The Lamb Takes the Scroll and
