Navarre Bible New Testament: Revelation
Overview
In the early 1970s the theology faculty of the University of Navarre embarked on the project of making a new Spanish translation of the Bible—a volume accompanied by commentary designed for the general reader. This project was entrusted to the faculty by St. Josemaría Escrivá, founder of Opus Dei and the university’s first chancellor. The first volume, St. Matthew, appeared in 1976; the project was completed February 2005. The Navarre Bible series is considered by many the best Catholic commentary on the Bible available today.
More comprehensive than the The Navarre Bible: New Testament, this volume features notes and introductions—rarely very technical—designed to illuminate the spiritual and theological message of the Bible. The Standard Edition is replete with quotations from commentaries by the Fathers, as well as excerpts from other spiritual writers—not least among them, St. Josemaría Escrivá—provided to show how they read Scripture and made it meaningful in their lives.
Revelation is the only prophetical book in the New Testament. Written during a period of exceptional stress, this book provided encouragement to Christians as they faced persecution. It not only warns Christians of the potential dangers that threaten faith, but also encourages them in their suffering to commit themselves to God and to focus on Christ, his Second Coming, and eternal life.
The Navarre Bible New Testament, Standard Edition is both scholarly and readable, presenting an intellectual, historical, and applicable survey of the riches of the New Testament. In the Logos edition of Revelation, each Scripture passage links to your favorite translation, and is easy to study side-by-side with your other commentaries. You can search by topic or Scripture with split-second results!
This commentary does not include the Bible texts. The print edition cites the RSVCE and the Nova Vulgata, each available separately, or in select Verbum packages.
Key Features
- Provides an introduction to Revelation
- Draws on numerous Catholic resources
- Contains a table of sources cited, maps, and informative notes
Contents
- Map
- Preface and Preliminary Notes
- Abbreviations
- Introduction to the Book of Revelation
- Last Book of the Bible
- Authorship and Canonicity
- Place and Date of Composition
- Immediate Readership
- Literary Form
- Style and Language
- Interpreting the Book of Revelation
- Historical Background
- Structure and Content
- Teachings Contained in the Book of Revelation
- The Revelation to John: English Version, with Notes
- New Vulgate Text
- Explanatory Notes
- Headings Added to the Biblical Text
- Sources Quoted in the Commentary
- Subject Index to the New Testament
Top Highlights
“The Apocalypse is a theological vision of the entire panorama of history, a vision which underlines its transcendental and religious dimension.” (Page 17)
“The book does depict the cosmic struggle between good and evil, but it takes for granted Christ’s ultimate triumph. This is, in our view, the most valid interpretation of the book and therefore it is the one we follow in the commentary provided.” (Page 18)
“The sealed scroll contains God’s mysterious plans for the salvation of mankind; no one on earth can disclose them (v. 3). Only the risen Christ can take the scroll and make its contents known (vv. 6–7).” (Page 55)
“The core of the teaching contained in the book concerns the second coming of our Lord—the Parousia—and the definitive establishment of his Kingdom at the end of time.” (Page 21)
“The Apocalypse is one of the ‘deuterocanonical’ books” (Page 11)
Praise for the Series
[The Bible is] presented unambiguously as the inspired Word of God and, with the help of the commentaries, we are introduced to 2,000 years of contemplative Christian reading and living of the sacred Word.
—Osservatore Romano
. . . Superb volume for adult Bible Study . . . most helpful, enlightening, and fascinating.
—Catholic Transcript
Product Details
- Title: The Navarre Bible: The Revelation to John (The Apocalypse)
- Translator: Michael Adams
- Edition: Revised
- Publisher: Four Courts Press
- Publication Date: 2005
- Pages: 154
About Michael Adams
Michael Adams was a graduate of Queen’s University, Belfast, and the University of Navarre, Pamplona. Michael’s first significant involvement in publishing was with Irish University Press. He was also instrumental in setting up Irish Academic Press, where he served as managing director until 1995. Michael was the author of Censorship: the Irish experience (the subject of his PhD thesis), as well as two short books on religion. In recognition of his contribution to academic studies in Ireland, Trinity College, Dublin awarded him an honorary doctorate in Letters in 2005.