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The Book of Revelation or Book of the Apocalypse is the final book of the New Testament (and therefore the final book of the Christian Bible). Written in Koine Greek, its title is derived from the first word of the text: apokalypsis, meaning 'unveiling' or 'revelation'.
Apr 9, 2014 · C. Marvin Pate writes as a contemporary dispensationalist attempting to read Revelation as a book about the future, to be understood as literal, but also to address some of the excesses of the dispensational approach.
Jul 3, 2021 · The author combines a whole repertoire of eschatological sayings from the entire Bible into one eschatological scenario, which is strongly based on the book of Revelation, and applies that scenario to his own day.
- Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte
- 2021
Dec 3, 2014 · The greatest reason why it is canonical is it's authenticity; Polycarp was a disciple of John and attested to it's veracity; both Irenaeus and Hippolytus have written and exegeted it. Justin Martyr, a disciple of Polycarp quotes it and Jerome states it authorship and included it in the Vulgate.
May 5, 2016 · The Book of Revelation, most scholars agree, was written during the persecutions of Christians under Nero. Nero reigned from 54-68 A.D./C.E., and it is believed that he set fire to Rome so that he could clear land to build himself a great palace.
Oct 8, 2020 · Chiliast and non-chiliast approaches to Revelation’s eschatology emerged early, as interpreters sought to steer a path between Jewish messianic expectation on the one side, and anti-creational, dualizing heresy on the other.
Theophilus of Antioch, made use of Revelation as an authoritative text. So too, in 4.26.2, Eusebius observes that Melito, bishop of Sardis, also wrote an apparent commentary of Revelation but only tells us the highly ambiguous title: τὰ Περὶ τοῦ διαβόλου καὶ τῆς Ἀποκαλύψεως Ἰωάννου.
