Revelation 4:1-11
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- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- From the Geneva Notes.
- From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
- From Wesley's Notes.
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- From The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- "All
Things Visible and Invisible": A Sermon on Revelation 4 and 5,
Stephen F. Noll, Professor of Biblical Studies at Trinity Episcopal
School for Ministry.
- "...let us view this comprehensive text with hearts especially attuned to understanding the "things invisible" of the heavenly realm."
- "All
Things Visible and Invisible": A Sermon on Revelation 4 and 5,
Stephen F. Noll, Professor of Biblical Studies at Trinity Episcopal
School for Ministry.
- Articles & Background:
"Under the Cover of Clothing: Scripted Clothing Performances in the Apocalypse of John," Dietmar Neufeld, Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2005. - "Taking into account the functions of attire and adornment delineated by social psychologist, this essay proposes to examine the shifting course of values reflected in the clothing and ornamentation motifs deployed in the Apocalypse of John."
"Holy Men and Their Sky-Journeys: A Cross-Cultural Model," John J. Pilch, Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2005. - "Insights from cultural anthropology, a science that compares cultures, and cognitive neuroscience, a discipline that deals with the one thing that all human beings have had in common for millennia: the human body, contribute to the construction of a model for analyzing and interpreting sky journeys made in alternate states of consciousness (ASCs) and reported in ancient literature."
"The Holy and the Sacred," Paul S. Minear, Yale Divinity School. Theology Today, 1990. - "The sacred is found wherever religion is found; the holy wherever God is present. Accordingly, it is quite possible to consider many things as sacred but nothing as holy, or equally possible to treat many things as holy but nothing as sacred. Everything depends on the concept of God. Of the two terms, theistic religions view the holy as primary, the sacred as secondary."
"In Praise and Thanksgiving," Patrick D. Miller, Jr., Princeton Theological School. Theology Today, 1988. - "In a world that assumes the status is quo, that things have to be the way they are and that we must not assume too much about improving them, the doxologies of God's people are fundamental indicators that wonders have not ceased, that possibilities not yet dreamt of will happen, and that hope is an authentic stance."
"The Control of History in the End-Time," from The Most Revealing Book of the Bible, Vernard Eller. "'Our Lord and God' in Rev. 4:11: Evidence for the Late Date of Revelation?" Floyd O. Parker, Jr., Biblica, 2001. - "This article challenges a commonly-held belief that the title ?our Lord and God? (Rev 4,11) served as a Christian counter-blast to the claim of the emperor Domitian to be dominus et deus noster."
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Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
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selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Carroll, John T., "Revelation 4:1-11, Between Text &
Sermon," Interpretation, 2009.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Giblin, Charles Homer, S.J.,
"From and before the Throne: Revelation 4:5-6a Integrating the Imagery of
Revelation 4-16," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1998.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hurtado, L.W.,
"Revelation 4-5 in the Light of Jewish Apocalyptic Analogies," Journal
for the Study of the New Testament, 1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Lindvall, Michael L.,
"Revelation 4:1-11, Between Text and Sermon," Interpretation, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - MacLeod, David J., "The Adoration of God the Creator: An
Exposition of Revelation 4," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Morton, Russell,
"Glory to God and to the Lamb: John's Use of Jewish and Hellenistic/Roman
Themes in Formatting his Theology in Revelation 4-5," Journal for the
Study of the New Testament, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Munoa, Phillip B., III,
"Jesus, the Merkavah, and Martyrdom in Early Christian Tradition,"
Journal of Biblical Literature, 2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Neyrey, Jerome H., S.J., "Lost in Translation: Did It
Matter IF Christians 'Thanked' God or 'Gave God Glory'?" Catholic
Biblical Quarterly, 2009.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Ross, J.M.,
"Some Unnoticed Points in the Text of the New Testament," Novum
Testamentum, 1983. (Section on Revelation 4:11 begins on page 72.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Stevenson, Gregory M.,
"Conceptual Background to Golden Crown Imagery in the Apocalypse of John,"
Journal of Biblical Literature, 1995.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Carroll, John T., "Revelation 4:1-11, Between Text &
Sermon," Interpretation, 2009.
- Sermons:
- "Limping and Praising," Richard Hays, Faith and Leadership, 2009.
- "Hallowed--Or Hollowed--Be Thy Name?" the Rev. Dr. Victor D. Pentz, Day 1, 2002.
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- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Revelation 4:2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11. The Cyber Hymnal.
- Hymnal Scripture References, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
- At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
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- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Revelation
