Greek Commentaries on Revelation (Biblia.com)

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The Eastern church gives little evidence of particular interest in the book of Revelation. Oecumenius of Isauria’s commentary on the book is the earliest full treatment in Greek and dates only from the early sixth century. Along with Oecumenius’s commentary, only that of Andrew of Caesarea (dating from the same era and often summarizing Oecumenius before offering a contrary opinion) and that of...

This may, as Diekamp suggests, reveal a “hidden preference” for Origenistic ideas.46 However, the reference to “certain of the fathers” makes this less than certain. The second passage is Oecumenius’s discussion of Revelation 20:13–21:2 concerning the sea giving up its dead. Oecumenius refuses any spiritualizing of the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead. He gives an extended discussion of the reconstitution of the four elements that concern the body and concludes that “when each element has

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