Frank | November 7, 2009
Hippolytus was a presbyter in the church at Rome about 200 AD. It is he who started the genre of literature we know as biblical commentaries, being the first to write a running commentary on one book of the Bible. The book he chose was the prophet Daniel. Hippolytus’ church was suffering [...]
Category: Biblical Commentaries, Early Christian Studies, Eschatology, Patristics, Translated Texts |
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Tags: Biblical Commentaries, Daniel, Early Christianity, early church, Eschatology, Hippolytus, martyrdom, persecution, prophecy, Rome, Second Coming, Septimus Severus, W. Brian Shelton
Frank | June 30, 2009
The Seven Seals of the Apocalypse: Medieval Texts in Translation” was recently published by Medieval Institute Publications at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. Designed as a supplementary text for classroom use in medieval studies programs, and part of a medieval biblical commentary series, The Seven Seals contains fifteen translations of portions of Apocalypse [...]
Category: Biblical Commentaries, Early Christian Studies, Eschatology, Medieval theology, Patristics, Translated Texts |
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Tags: Alcuin of York, Apocalypse, Book of Revelation, Caesarius of Arles, Cassiodorus, Joachim of Fiore, medieval Christianity, Second Coming, seven seals, Translated Texts
