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Translations of Ancient Commentaries on the Book of Revelation Make Great Christmas Gifts

August 20, 2023 by Frank Leave a Comment

If you are like me, you purchase Christmas presents all throughout the year. It eases the stress of gift-giving during the holiday season. Translations of ancient commentaries on the Book of Revelation make wonderful presents for your friends, relatives, teachers, pastors, or yourself. Writings on the Apocalypse by Cassiodorus and Gregory the Great (Volume 144 of Fathers of the Church series) or the Commentary on the Apocalypse that circulated in the name of Cyril of Alexandria could be just what they wanted. Or perhaps they would enjoy The Day and the Hour, which lists prophecies about the end of the world, year by year from the first century up to now, but which never came to pass (all showing that Christ’s words were true when he said that no one knows the day or hour of his coming). That book went out of print, but was recently reprinted with a new cover. Links to these three books can be found on this website, and they can easily be found on Amazon.

As for updates on publications, I recently submitted for publication an edition and translation of An Anonymous Irish Gloss on the Apocalypse from about the year 700. I shall post more about it when it becomes available. Also, several articles and essays on very interesting topics have already been sent in and are awaiting publication. For more details on these, click the “Forthcoming” link on this website.

I hope that you had a relaxing and productive summer, and that your autumn will be blessed with wonderful things from the hand of our God and Savior.

Sincerely,

Frank

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Recent Publication of Cassiodorus’s Brief Explanations of the Apocalypse

August 10, 2022 by Frank Leave a Comment

The full title of the book, hot off the press in August 2022, is entitled Cassiodorus, St. Gregory the Great, and Anonymous Greek Scholia. Writings on the Apocalypse. It is Volume 144 in Fathers of the Church series published by The Catholic University of America Press. Written by me, Mark DelGogliano, and T.C. Schmidt, it contains translations of Cassiodorus’s Brief Explanations of the Apocalypse, Testimonies of Gregory the Great on the Apocalypse by pseudo-Paterius, and anonymous Scholia o the Apocalypse. An introduction to each text is provided by the respective translator.

This book provides a window into how the Apocalypse, or Book of Revelation, was interpreted in late antiquity. Two of the three texts appear for the first time here in English translation. For those curious about how the Book of Revelation, with its many mysteries, was interpreted by early Christian writers, the book is sure to elucidate and educate. To purchase a copy, please click here.

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New Translation of a Commentary on the Apocalypse by Pseudo-Cyril of Alexandria

January 1, 2022 by Frank Leave a Comment

Happy New Year! I am happy to announce the publication of Pseudo-Cyril of Alexandria. Commentary on the Apocalypse by Francis X. Gumerlock with Francesca Lecchi and Tito Orlandi (Middletown, RI: Stone Tower Press, 2021). It was just released about two weeks ago.

This book provides the first English translation of a sixth-century commentary on the Book of Revelation. I collaborated with translator Francesca Lecchi and one of the world’s leading Coptic scholars, Tito Orlandi. The book also provides a transcription of the commentary in the Sahidic Coptic language, and a comprehensive Introduction discussing the manuscript, audience and setting, exegetical method, theology, authorship, date, and sources.

The book is reasonably priced at $24.95. I hope you will obtain a copy, and recommend that your institution’s acquisition librarian acquire it for their library.

For an order form, click here.

To read a review of this book, click here

Wishing the Lord’s blessings on all of us in 2022.
Frank

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