Book of Seven Seals
Subtitle: the peculiarity of Revelation, its manuscripts, attestation, and transmission
By: edited by Thomas J. Kraus and Michael Sommer
Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament -- 363; Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament -- 363.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Tübingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9783161527418
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Bible
Description: The Book of Revelation is a peculiar text whose special status in early Christianity is manifested by its manuscript attestation, transmission, literary references and discussions among early Church writers. This special status forms the nucleus of these collected essays and is highlighted from various perspectives. Nowadays of course, the Apocalypse has become a treasure trove of famous motifs for artists, composers, poets and novelists. On the other hand, however, it also appears to be something of a bon mot in that its manuscript tradition is rather sparse and highly distinctive. With the help of single phenomena that revolve around the extraordinary attestation and transmission of Revelation, the authors here are able to unveil how its peculiarity was perceived in early Christianity. Its manifestation in manuscripts and in the lively controversy about its value and orthodoxy thus resulted in it being treated as unique. - book flap
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

10 English, 2 German contributions.
Table of contents: title: Part one.; title: The Peculiarity of Majuscules and Minuscules.; title: "Write in a Book What You See and Send It to the Seven Assemblies” : Ancient Reading Practices and the Earliest Papyri of Revelation  -- Giovanni Bazzana; title: The Curious Case of B⁴³ : Another New Testament Opisthograph?  -- Jeff Cate; title: 'When symbols and figures become physical objects' : Critical notes about some of the “consistently cited witnesses” to the text of Revelation  -- Thomas J. Kraus; title: Sisters Separated from Birth : An Examination of 792 and 2643 as Private Miniature Manuscripts  -- Jeff Cate -- Part two.; title: The Peculiarity of Reception.; title: Christliche Apokalypsen in Ägypten vor Konstantin : Kanon, Autorität, kontextuelle Funktion  -- Tobias Nicklas; title: The 'Number of the Beast' : Revelation 13:18 and Early Christian Isopsephies  -- Lincoln H. Blumeil, -- Thomas A. Wayment; title: Before Canonisation : Early Attestation of Revelation  -- Martin Meiser; title: The Reception of the Book of Revelation in the Early Church  -- Michael J. Kruger; title: What do Revelation's handwritings tell us about its post-canonical role and function in the Bible? : 'Work in progress'  -- Michael Sommer -- Part three.; title: The Peculiarities and Miscellaneous.; title: Besonderheiten der griechischen Überlieferung der Offenbarung und ihre Auswirkungen auf die Textkritik  -- Markus Lembke; title: Editing the Apocalypse in the twenty-first century  -- Ulrich B. Schmid; title: The Heavenly Jesus Reinterprets Daniel : The Apocalypse as Corrective for the Olivet Discourse -- Scott Charlesworth.