The dissertation of A. E. Kurschner is divided into six chapters. The heavy focus on methodology derives from the dissertation genre (the acknowledgements mention Stanley Porter, Cynthia Long Westfall, and Martin Culy for “constructive criticisms” but do not identify the work as a dissertation, for which, see alankurschner.com). Chapter 1 is a concise introduction to “Approaches to the Millennium Binding of Satan” (pp. 11–31), divided into historical-temporal and non-temporal interpretations and critical approaches. It is unclear why this material needs to be revisited and augmented in Appendix 1 (Historical Shifts in the Millennial Debate, pp. 181–93). The literature consulted and evaluated is nearly exclusively English; the not unimportant monograph by Thomas J. Bauer, Das tausendjährige Messiasreich der Johannesoffenbarung. Eine literarkritische Studie zu Offb 19,11–21,8 (BZNW 148, 2007) has been missed, as well as relevant contributions in the essay collection of J. Frey et al. (WUNT 287, 2012) and the commentaries...
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