Biblia Americana: America's First Bible Commentary: A Synoptic Commentary on the Old and New Testaments: Volume 10 Hebrews - Revelation

✍ Scribed by Cotton Mather, Jan Stievermann (editor)

• Publisher: Mohr Siebrek Ek
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 1119
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume of the Biblia Americana (1693-1728) contains Cotton Mather's annotations on Hebrews, James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, Jude, and Revelation, as well as two series of essays on various matters of biblical interpretation. A mixture of pious explications and historical-textual criticism, the annotations are a treasure-trove for scholars interested in the development of Reformed theology and biblical exegesis during a decisive period of intellectual change in the early modern Atlantic world. Mather, an apologetically oriented but deeply learned scholar, confronts the early Enlightenment challenges to the authority of the Bible and core doctrines like the Trinity. He discusses problems of translation, textual variants (e.g., the Johannine comma), but also authorship and canonicity, especially with a view to the so-called Catholic Letters and James. The extensive annotations on Revelation offer a window into the development of Mather's millennialism and, more specifically, his changing interpretations of hotly-debated issues such as the eschatological conversion of the Jews, the expected date for the return of Christ and the nature of His kingdom. In the appended essays, Mather, in conversation with German Pietism, develops a biblical hermeneutic that emphasizes an experiential approach and the need for spiritual illumination. He also engages with antiquarian scholarship on the Scriptures, their original contexts, provenance, and transmission, as well as with literature that situates Judaism and Christianity in a larger history of ancient religions and cultures.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Part 1: Editor’s Introduction
Preface
Section 1: Composition and Main Sources
1.1. Composition and Sources of Mather’s Commentaries on Hebrews,James, 1–2 Peter, 1–3 John, and Jude
1.2. Composition and Sources of Mather’s Commentaries on Revelation and the Appended Essays
Section 2: Main Themes and Issues
2.1. Textual Issues and Questions of Translation
2.2. Issues of Authorship, Canonicity, and Historical Context
2.3. Mather and the Debates over Primitive Christianity and the Doctrine of the Trinity
2.4. Mather on the History of Religion and Religions
2.5. Mather’s Millennialism in Context
2.6. Responding to the Preterist Challenge
2.7. Mather’s Interpretation of Revelation as Prophetic Church History
2.8. Major Changes in Mather’s Later Eschatology
Works Cited in Section 1–2
Secondary Works
Section 3: Notes on the Manuscript
Part 2: The Text
The Epistle to the Hebrews
Hebrews. Chap. 1
Hebrews. Chap. 2
Hebrews. Chap. 3
Hebrews. Chap. 4
Hebrews. Chap. 5
Hebrews. Chap. 6
Hebrews. Chap. 7
Hebrews. Chap. 8
Hebrews. Chap. 9
Hebrews. Chap. 10
Hebrews. Chap. 11
Hebrews. Chap. 12
Hebrews. Chap. 13
James. Chap. 1
James. Chap. 2
James. Chap. 3
James. Chap. 4
James. Chap. 5
1. Peter. Chap. 1
1. Peter. Chap. 2
1. Peter. Chap. 3
1. Peter. Chap. 4
1. Peter. Chap. 5
2. Peter. Chap. 1
2. Peter. Chap. 2
2. Peter. Chap. 3
1. John. Chap. 1
1. John. Chap. 2
1. John. Chap. 3
1. John. Chap. 4
1. John. Chap. 5
2. John
3. John
Jude
The Book of the REVELATION
Revelation. Chap. 1
Revelation. Chap. 2. & 3
Revelation. Chap. 2
Revelation. Chap. 3
Revelation. Chap. 4
Revelation. Chap. 5
Revelation. Chap. 6
Revelation. Chap. 7
Revelation. Chap. 8
Revelation. Chap. 9
Revelation. Chap. 10
Revelation. Chap. 11
Revelation. Chap. 12
Revelation. Chap. 13
Revelation. Chap. 14
Revelation. Chap. 15
Revelation. Chap. 16
Revelation. Chap. 17
An Appendix
Revelation. Chap. 18
Revelation. Chap. 19
Revelation. Chap. 20
Revelation. Chap. 21
Revelation. Chap. 22
Postscript
Coronis
An Eßay, for a further COMMENTARY, on the Sacred Scriptures
A Remark, upon the famous Philosophers, their Eye towards Christianity
Some Remarks, relating to the Inspiration, and the Obsignation,of the CANON
An Appendix. Containing Some GENERAL STORES, of Illustration; and a Furniture which will richly Qualify a Person to be a READER of the BIBLE
I. Vates. Or, some Remarks upon the SPIRIT of PROPHECY
II. The SPIRIT, and PURPOSE, of the Sacred Scriptures
III. Tables
IV. Ezra, or, The Things done by Ezra , for the Restoring & Preserving of the SACRED SCRIPTURES
V. Antiqua. or, Our Sacred Scriptures illustrated , with some Accounts of the Sabians and the Magians
VI. Patriarcha, or, The Religion of NOAH , considered for the Illustration of many Passages in the Bible
VII. Scripturæ Nucleus, or, The Marrow of the whole Bible ; very much of it found in the FIRST PROMISE,which is in the Head of the Volumn
VIII. Synagoga. Or, The Original of SYNAGOGUES
IX. Sibyllina. Or, A brief & plain Account of the Sibylline Oracles , which have made so much Noise in the World
X. Chaldæans. Or, some Account of the Jewish Targums
XI. Psaltes. Or, The Ancient Music and Poetry of the Hebrews
XII. Kiriath-Sepher. Or, The Manner of Writing , among the Ancients; more particularly among the Hebrews
XIII. Expectanda. Or, The State of Things in the KINGDOM of our SAVIOUR , to be look’d for
Appendix A: Cancellations
Appendix B: Silent Deletions
Bibliography
Primary Works
Secondary Sources
Index of Biblical Passages
General Index