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Title: The Apocalypse of St. John, the Greek text; with introduction, notes and indices
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Swete, Henry Barclay, 1835-1917
Subjects: Bible
Publisher: London, Macmillan
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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his assumption has grown into a convic-tion. Everywhere the presence of the same creative mind hasmade itself felt, and features which at first sight appeared to beforeign to the writers purpose were found on nearer view to benecessary to the development of his plan. It is impossible tojustify in this place an impression which depends upon theexamination of the text, but in the commentary the reader willfind the details on which it rests, and he is asked to reserve hisjudgement until he has completed his study of the book1. 1 It is not the intention of these re-marks to deny that the Apocalypse, aswe have received it, may be a reissue bythe writer of the original work in anenlarged or amended form; such a viewdoes not militate against the essential unity of the book. On the other handthe theory proposed by Prof. J. Weiss(supra, p.xlvii) presents difficulties whichto the present writer seem to be greaterthan those which it seeks to remove. ASIA MINOR IN THE TIME OF DOMITIAN shewing the
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Staun/orcLs Ovoyl Estab., London. V. β DESTINATION*. ι. The Apocalypse of John professes to be an encyclicaladdressed to the Christian societies in seven of the cities of Asia(Apoc. i. 4 Ιωάννης ταΐς βτττά ςκκΧησίαι,ς ταΐς iv τί) Ασία ; ib. 11δ βΧίπεις γράψον et? βίβΧίον καϊ ττβμψον ταΐς επτά βκκΧησίαις,et? Εφέσου καϊ e/ς Έ,μνρναν καϊ et? Υ\έρ<γαμον καϊ et? Svareipavteal €69 Σάρ$6ί<ζ καϊ et? ΦιΧαΒεΧφίαν καϊ et? Ααοδικίαν). 2. At the end of the first century the peninsula known asAsia Minor1 seems to have embraced six provinces, Asia, Bithynia(including Pontus), Galatia, Cappadocia, Cilicia, Lycia (includingPamphylia)2. The Province of Asia had been created as far backas the year B.C. 1293 out of the domains bequeathed to the Senateby Attalus III., the last king of Pergamum. Ultimately itincluded Mysia, Lydia, and Caria, and the th

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