The Book of Revelation

S2E1: How to read "apocalyptically"

Wes Howard-Brook and Anthony Gwyther, Unveiling Empire: Reading Revelation Then and Now (publisher link)

Glossary of terms related to apocalyptic writings (PDF)

Barbara Rossing, The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation (archive.org link).

Apocalyptic roots and branches (PDF)

Elements of Zoroastrian Millennial Traditions Underlying Judeo-Christian Apocalyptic Traditions (PDF)

Some recent nonmillennial ways to approach the book of Revelation (PDF)

S2E2: the chain of transmission of the vision (Rev 1.1-3)

Craig R. Koester, Revelation (Anchor Bible) (publisher link)

Contents of the book of Revelation (PDF)

S2E3: Greetings to the seven ekklesiai in Roman Asia (Rev 1.4-8)

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S2E4: "I, John, your brother" (Rev 1.9)

Bible Places: Patmos (weblink)

S2E5: "Write in a book" (Rev 1.10-11)

“Meaning of the shofar sounds–Rabbi Paul Kipnes (YouTube link)

Codex Sinaiticus: ancient biblical manuscript images (weblink)

Hebrew Scripture echoes in Rev 1.10-20) (PDF)

S2E6: "I saw One like a human being" (Rev 1.12-16)

Golden things in Revelation (PDF)

Rev 1.12-20 and Dan 7, 10 (PDF)

Menorah, It’s “Branches” and Their Cosmic Significance (thetorah.com link)

S2E7: "Do not be afraid!" (Rev 1.17-20)

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S2E8: Overview of the messages to the churches in Asia)

Structure of the messages to the ekklesiai (PDF)

S2E9: The message to the ekklesia in Ephesus

Aspects of Ephesus at the time of Revelation (PDF)

SRF Price, Rituals and Power: The Roman Imperial Cult in Asia Minor (archive.org link)

David A. deSilva, A Week in the Life of Ephesus (publisher link)

S2E10: The message to the ekklesia in Smyrna

Aspects of Smyrna at the time of Revelation (PDF)

Jon M. Sweeney, ed. Jesus Wasn’t Killed by the Jews: Reflections for Christians in Lent (Maryknoll magazine link)

S2E11: The message to the ekklesia in Pergamum

Aspects of Pergamum at the time of Revelation (PDF)

Prof. Rabbi Joshua Garroway, “Balaam the Seducer of Jews and an Early Christian Polemic (thetorah.com link)

S2E12: The message to the ekklesia in Thyatira

Aspects of Thyatira at the time of Revelation (PDF)

Catherine Keller, Apocalypse Now and Then: A Feminist Guide to the End of the World (publisher link)

Hebrew Scripture echoes in Revelation 2.26 (PDF)

S2E13: The message to the ekklesia in Sardis

Aspects of Sardis at the time of Revelation (PDF)

S2E14: The message to the ekklesia in Philadelphia

Aspects of Philadelphia at the time of Revelation (PDF)

S2E15: The message to the ekklesia in Laodicea

Aspects of Laodicea at the time of Revelation (PDF)

S2E16: Overview of the "plot" of Revelation 4-22

Structural components of the book of Revelation (PDF)

The “plot” of Revelation (PDF)

S2E17: Overview of seven scenes of "heavenly liturgy"

Scenes of heavenly liturgy in Revelation (PDF)

S2E18: The first "heavenly liturgy" (Rev 4.1-11)

Translations of Greek, idou [behold!] or kai idou [and behold!], in Revelation

The four “living creatures” (Hebrew, chayyot; Greek, zōon) in Ezekiel and Revelation

Revelation 4 throne diagram (PDF)

S2E19: "Who is worthy?" (Rev 5.1-7)

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S2E20: The second "heavenly liturgy" (Rev 5.8-14)

Marty Haugen, Holden Evening Prayer (YouTube link)

Fourfold multitude (PDF)

David Foster Wallace, “This is water” (Kenyon College address; YouTube link)

S2E21: The first four seals (Rev 6.1-8)

The seals in Revelation 6 (PDF)

Mary Beard, The Roman Triumph (publisher link)

S2E22: The fifth seal (Rev 6.9-11)

The “inhabitants of the earth” in Revelation (PDF)

S2E23: The sixth seal (Rev 6.12-17)

Hebrew Scripture behind the sixth seal (PDF)

S2E24: "A great multitude that no one can count" (Rev 7.1-9)

Hebrew Scripture echoes in Rev 7.1-4 (PDF)

S2E25: "Salvation to ourGod!" (Rev 7.9-17)

Hebrew Scripture echoes in Rev 7.9-17 (PDF)

S2E26: "Silence in heaven" (Rev 8.1-6)

Silence and judgment symbols in Rev 8 (PDF)

Meir Sternberg: The Poetics of Biblical Narrative: Ideological Literature and the Drama of Reading (publisher link)

HBO series, “Rome” (website link)

“Half” in Daniel and Revelation (PDF)

Rev 8.2-6 chiasm (PDF)

S2E27: The first two trumpets (Rev 8.7-9)

Trumpets and bowls (PDF)

Hebrew Scripture echoes in the first two trumpets (PDF)

Cosmic and earth symbols in Revelation (PDF)

S2E28: The third and fourth trumpets (Rev 8.10-12)

Trumpet lengths (PDF)

Hebrew Scripture echoes in the third and fourth trumpets (PDF)

S2E29: "Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth!" (Rev 8.13; 9.12; 11.14; 12.12; 18.10, 16, 19)

The plot of Revelation (PDF)

Woes and related language in Revelation and Other Scriptures

S2E30: The fifth trumpet, part one (Rev 9.1-6)

Trumpet lengths (PDF)

Hebrew Scripture echoes in Revelation 9.1-11

S2E31: The fifth trumpet, part two (Rev 9.7-11)

Trumpets and horses (PDF)

S2E32: The sixth trumpet (Rev 9.13-19)

Hebrew Scripture echoes in Revelation 9.13-19

S2E33: They did not repent (Rev 9.20-21)

Hebrew Scripture echoes in Revelation 9.20-21

Harvey Cox, The Market as God (publisher link)

Harvey Cox, The Market as God (Atlantic monthly article link)

“The Two Religions” (PDF from  Howard-Brook, “Come Out, My People!”: God’s Call Out of Empire in the Bible and Beyond (Orbis 1999)

S2E34: The second scroll (Rev 10.1-11)

Bauckham, The Climax of Prophecy (publisher website link)

Hebrew Scripture echoes in Revelation 10 (PDF).

“Forever and ever” and voices from heaven in Revelation (PDF)

S2E35: Overview of Rev 11.1-14.5

Sequence of symbols and images in Revelation (PDF)

Revelation 11.1-14.5 chiasm (PDF)

S2E36: The Two witnesses (Rev 11.1-6)

Hebrew Scripture echoes in Revelation 11 (PDF)

Half times in Revelation and Daniel (PDF)

Mouth emissions in Revelation (PDF)

S2E37: The death and resurrection of the two witnesses (Rev 11.7-13)

War in the book of Revelation (PDF)

Words used first or only in Rev 11.7-13 in Revelation (PDF)

S2E38: The kingdom of the world belongs to God and the Messiah! (Rev 11.14-19)

“Coming soon” and “wrath” in Revelation (PDF)

S2E39: The woman and the dragon, part 1 (Rev 12.1-4)

Hebrew Scripture echoes in Revelation 12 (PDF)

“Throwing” in Revelation 12 (PDF)

S2E40: Fleeing the dragon (Rev 12.5-6, 13-14)

Words found first or only in Revelation 12 within the book of Revelation (PDF)

S2E41: War in heaven (Rev 12.7-12)

Parallels between Rev 12.10-12 and 11.15-18 (PDF)

S2E42: The earth comes to rescue the woman (Rev 12.15-17)

Artist John August Swanson’s website link

S2E43: A beast rises from the sea (Rev 12.18-13.6)

Hebrew Scripture echoes in Revelation 13 (PDF)

Rev 11.15-19 and 13.1-6 (PDF)

Demonic liturgy in Rev 13 (PDF)

S2E44: War on "the saints" (Rev 13.7-10)

Revelation 11.7-13 and 13.7-10 (PDF)

“To conquer” in Revelation (PDF)

S2E45: The beast from the land (Rev 13.11-15)

Issues of authority and loyalty in Rev 13.11-18 (PDF)

“Rising up” in Revelation (PDF)

“Making” in Rev 13.12-16 (PDF)

“Signs” in Revelation (PDF)

S2E46: The number of the beast (Rev 13.16-18)

Forehead markings in Revelation (PDF)

Mathematical curiosities about 666 (PDF)

S2E47: Purchased as first fruits for God (Rev 14.1-5)

Hebrew Scripture echoes in Revelation 14 (PDF)

Contrasts between Revelation 13 and Revelation 14 (PDF)

S2E48: An eternal gospel to proclaim to all the earth (Rev 14.6-8)

Chiastic structure of Revelation 14-15 (PDF)

Echoes of Psalm 96 in Revelation (PDF)

Imagery in Revelation 14.7-11 that points to later scenes in Revelation (PDF)

S2E49: Drinking the wine of God's wrath (Rev 14.8b-11)

Metaphors and similes in Rev 14 (PDF)

A closer look at echoes of Jeremiah and Ezekiel in Revelation 14.8b-10 (PDF)

Wine imagery in Revelation (PDF)

“Forever and ever” in Revelation (PDF)

Imagery in Revelation 14.7-11 that points to later scenes in Revelation (PDF)

S2E50: One like a Human Being (Rev 14.12-14)

Beatitudes in Revelation (PDF)

S2E51: Harvests of judgment (Rev 14.15-20)

Blood in Revelation (PDF)

The two harvests in Rev 14.14-20 (PDF)