Book recommendations for somebody new to Preterism

[Chaotic Void]

The Holy Bible is the most obvious choice for anybody looking into matters of eschatology, however I am specifically looking for books that will give me a fuller understanding of specific issues related to the differences between Preterism and Dispensationalism.

Thanks,

Premo316

Since it hasn't been recommended yet... Revelation: Four Views by Steve Gregg is a gem and a half. He goes through the four basic interpretations of Revelation in a parallel commentary format (so you can easily compare and contrast Preterism and Futurism... alongside Historicism and Idealism). Not sure if it's on E-Book, though it's only about $30 in Hardcover format.

[Jin-Roh]

I've been reading "The Rapture Exposed" by Barbara Rossing. It is a mixture of criticism of dispensationalism as well as offering a "alternative story" for Christians to follow.

[Chrawnus]

Footsteps of the Messiahby Arnold Fruchtenbaum ISBN-10: 0914863096 - Basically eschatology explained via Revelation commentary.

I've actually read that book, and it was anything but preterism.

[eschaton]

We're teaching through Howard Hendricksen's commentary on Revelation, "More than Conquerors," at church right now.

I've read Hendricksen's book, and I don't remember it being preterist either. It's one of the better books I've read on Revelation.

[Cojiro]

Having taken up studying preterism this year, I can say without reservation that it's been one of the most spiritually rewarding experiences I've been blessed to undergo. It really brings the Bible to life in a tangible and authentic way. At present, if I had to recommend a book, it would probably be Ralph Bass's Back to the Future, a commentary on Revelation that covers the preterist gamut pretty extensively. Notwithstanding numerous typos and punctuation errors (if memory serves, a second edition is rumored to be in the works), it makes for a great intro and then some. See the reviews on Amazon and tektonics if you're curious. I'm still making my way through this tome.

I don't consider myself a preterist, but I can understand Wanda's attraction to that belief, since orthodox preterism appears to be more inconsistent in its interpretation. Just my opinion. BTW, is the discussion of full preterism allowed here now?

Neo-Hymaneanism hardly seems more "consistent" insofar as it decontextualizes Second Coming passages Solo Scriptura-style; which (counter-intuitively) actually shows it to have more common ground with a dispensational futurist approach to scripture.

[One Bad Pig]

I've actually read that book, and it was anything but preterism.

Fruchtenbaum is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary and Cedarville University, so his outlook is likely to be dispensational rather than preterist. Dwight Pentecost is unequivocally a dispensational futurist.

Better resources would be books like:
The Apocalypse Code by Hank Hanegraaff
The Last Days According to Jesus by R. C. Sproul

[Dee Dee Warren]

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