Apocalypse: A Commentary on Revelation in Words and Images

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Apocalypse: A Commentary on Revelation in Words and Images - Robert H. Smith; Illustrated with the woodcuts of Albrecht Dürer
John's striking visions in the book of Revelation have fired the imaginations of countless millions in the past and continue to inspire and even shock readers up to our own generation. This commentary on Revelation is designed for clergy and laypeople serious about understanding Revelation and its significance today. Through the visionary language of John the Seer and the compelling imagery of Albrecht Dürer, Apocalypse captures the majesty and grotesquery of Revelation and strives to center our imaginations not on darkness but on God. Easily the most read and seriously misinterpreted book of the Bible, Revelation has generated controversial and conflicting interpretations as we end the second millennium. Coincidentally, the year 2000 is the 500th anniversary of the publication of Albrecht Dürer's bilingual edition of the Apocalypse, illustrated with fifteen spellbinding woodcuts. Dürer's images are distinct and moving pieces of art that comment on the central visions of the 21 chapters of Revelation.

Because of their artistic and spiritual power, they have set their stamp on all subsequent generations of illustrations of Revelation. Dürer's woodcuts are incorporated together with an introduction that describes both the Seer of Patmos and the artist of Nuremberg and gives a very brief overview of various ways of reading these texts (fundamentalist, mainline, liberation). It is followed by a commentary on the book of Revelation accompanied by and keyed to the woodcuts. Revelation closes as it opens, with words intended to impress on readers the authority of the Seer and the urgency of heeding his summons to an undivided loyalty to God and Christ. For those searching for a way to de-mystify the often puzzling book of Revelation or for those seeking a splendid pathway into the Apocalypse, this commentary is an extraordinary aid to grasping the central visions—and to being grasped by them.

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"Smith's commentary is relevant and nuanced. He succeeds in keeping the drama and promise of the Book of Revelation as keen as they were for John and Dürer, and as intense an experience as any to be found in today's overstimulated world."
-Religion and the Arts

". . . speckled with fascinatingly direct, conversational statements. This book, especially its intriguing model of God, will stick with the reader long after the last page is turned."
-Currents

"Robert Smith understands the startling, liberating power that the artist and the biblical interpreter can together bring to the Book of Revelation. Albrecht Dürer is the artist; Smith is the biblical interpreter of long experience and genuinely human insight."
-Walter Wangerin, Jr., Valparaiso, Indiana

"Robert Smith's commentary in words and images transports readers back into the author's early Christian world more effectively than almost any other modern book. The Greco-Roman world of Ephesus and Asia Minor was right-brained, with images everywhere, for example, painted on the walls in the houses where Christians worshiped. The original audience would not only have heard but would also have seen John's images, which Smith enables modern readers to see by including Albrecht Dürer's fifteen woodcuts. Interweaving explanations of John's visions and Dürer's artistry enlivens imagination and memory, just as the Apocalypse must originally have done. Further, his explanations of Fundamentalist, mainstream, and liberationist/feminist interpretations of numerous passages clarifies options for modern Christian readers. He also offers insightful evaluations of the theology of the Apocalypse. Smith's commentary would be very useful for any small discussion or study group trying to understand and to 'see' the point of the Revelation of John."
-David Balch, Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University

Robert H. Smith, Th.D. is professor of New Testament at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and a member of the core doctoral faculty at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley. He has published several commentaries and served as an editor for the journal Currents.

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112 pages
Size: 8 1/2" x 10 7/8"
ISBN: 9780814627075

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