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- Revelation
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- Revelation is not the only Christian apocalypse, but by virtue
of its canonical status it has certainly been the most influential
apocalyptic text in Christian history.
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- As you read, outline the apocalyptic script of the end time
in the book. Be alert to the nesting of events, meaning
the group of events that emerge from the final event in the previous
sequence. From Collins, be able to identify the historical circumstances behind the book. From Gager, begin to identify the variety of ways in which the millennium can come, even when its historical realization is incomplete, and consider how the Book of Revelation is an example not so much of the prediction of the end-time but the realization of it.
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- Assigned Readings
- Primary: Revelation (NRSV)
- Secondary: Collins 269-79; Gager, "The Attainment of Millennial Bliss through Myth: The Book of Revelation" (ERes)
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- Further Reading
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- See also the section of the Course Bibliography on Ancient Pagan Apocalypticism.
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- Links
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- Sources
- Photograph: Takashi Okamura; in Carlo Pietrangeli et al., The
Sistine Chapel: A Glorious Restoration (New York / Tokyo: Harry
N. Abrams, 1994 / Nippon Television Network, 1992) 240.
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