Gnomon, Vol. 5: The New Testament; Containing the Commentary on the Epistles of James, I. Peter, II. Peter, I. John, II. John, III. John, Jude, and the Apocalypse (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

John Albert Bengel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330736613 ISBN 13 : 9781330736616

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Unlock the depth of early Christian interpretation with Bengel’s Gnomon, Vol. 5. This volume presents the New Testament commentary on the Epistles of James, Peter, John, Jude, and the Apocalypse, offering a window into 18th‑century biblical scholarship.

This edition preserves a historically significant approach to the New Testament, focusing on the text, its themes, and its place within early church history. It is a resource for readers who want to trace how a renowned theologian read and explained the Epistles and Revelation, with emphasis on interpretation and theological reflection.

• Clear, section‑by‑section discussion of key New Testament passages.


• Notes and commentary that illuminate historical and doctrinal context.


• Insights into how early theologians connected prophecy, ethics, and church life.


• A scholarly resource for students of theology and church history seeking a traditional analytic approach.

Ideal for readers of classical theological commentary, biblical scholars, and students exploring historical approaches to the New Testament.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from Gnomon, Vol. 5: The New Testament; Containing the Commentary on the Epistles of James, I. Peter, II. Peter, I. John, II. John, III. John, Jude, and the Apocalypse

In the name of my fellow-translators and myself, I desire to thank the literary and religious public for the favourable reception which they have given to the two volumes of the Translation of Bengel's Gnomon already published. In sending forth to the world the three remaining volumes, it is only necessary to repeat, that no pains have been spared to make the Translation throughout worthy of the well-deserved reputation of the original.

Of course it is not possible to reproduce in our more diffuse English language the terse brevity of Bengel's Latin; but this loss is in some measure counterbalanced by the greater gain in clearness, which the Translation in many passages will be found to possess, when compared with the original Latin. Many readers of ordinary scholarship, often meet in the Latin Gnomon sentences, which, in order to be understood, require more patience and thought than they have time to bestow. They will be tempted to pass by such passages, and say, "Si non vis intelligi, debes negligi." Bengel's friend Marthius warned him of this tendency to obscurity through the excessive brevity of his style; "Let me beg of you," wrote Marthius to Bengel, "not to give your critical annotations too concisely, under the idea that your readers will take the trouble to think out all the meaning, which you intend to convey in some two or three words." I have tried to make such passages intelligible to the reader by brief explanations, sometimes inserted in the text in brackets, sometimes appended as footnotes. There are also explained in the notes of this Translation allusions of Bengel to remote facts, usages, and persons, which to many readers would otherwise be obscure. The quotations from the Hebrew and LXX. Old Testament have been carefully collated, and corrected where it wa...

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330736613
• ISBN 13: 9781330736616
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 500
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