The Book of Revelation and its Eastern Commentators: Making the New Testament in the Early Christian World

Thomas Schmidt

doi:10.1017/9781009023467

In this volume, T.C. Schmidt offers a new perspective on the formation of the New Testament by examining it simply as a Greco-Roman 'testament', a legal document of great authority in the ancient world. His work considers previously unexamined parallels between Greco-Roman juristic standards and the authorization of Christianity's holy texts. Recapitulating how Greco-Roman testaments were created and certified, he argues that the book of Revelation possessed many testamentary characteristics that were crucial for lending validity to the New Testament. Even so, Schmidt shows how Revelation fell out of favor amongst most Eastern Christian communities for over a thousand years until commentators rehabilitated its status and reintegrated it into the New Testament. Schmidt uncovers why so many Eastern churches neglected Revelation during this period, and then draws from Greco-Roman legal practice to describe how Eastern commentators successfully argued for Revelation's inclusion in the New Testaments of their Churches.

‘… a must-have resource for scholars working on the reception of Revelation.’

Garrett Best Source: Restoration Quarterly

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Making the New Testament in the Early Christian World

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The Book of Revelation and its Eastern Commentators
pp i-ii

The Book of Revelation and its Eastern Commentators - Title page
pp iii-iii

Copyright page
pp iv-iv

Contents
pp v-v

Figures
pp vi-vi

Acknowledgments
pp vii-vii

Abbreviations
pp viii-viii

Introduction
pp 1-37

1 - The Testamentary Standard of Consistency
pp 38-75

2 - The Testamentary Standard of Integrity
pp 76-116

3 - The Testamentary Standard of Profundity
pp 117-148

Conclusion
pp 149-158

Appendix: A Survey of Revelation’s Reception
pp 159-204

Bibliography: Commentators
pp 205-208

General Bibliography
pp 209-236

Index of Biblical Citations
pp 237-239

General Index
pp 240-246

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