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> [“Revelation is a literary work composed with astonishing care and skill. We should certainly not doubt that John had remarkable visionary experiences, but he has transmuted them through what must have been a lengthy process of reflection and writing into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bauckham/revelation-is-a-literary-work-composed-with-astonishing-care-and/)

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## More by Richard Bauckham

> [“Theological meaning is thus written into the detail of John’s meticulous literary composition.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bauckham/theological-meaning-is-thus-written-into-the-detail-of-john-s/)

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> [“Thus Revelation seems to be an apocalyptic prophecy in the form of a circular letter to seven churches in the Roman province of Asia.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bauckham/thus-revelation-seems-to-be-an-apocalyptic-prophecy-in-the-form-of-a/)

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> [“A second important sense in which Revelation stands in the tradition of the Jewish apocalypses is that it shares the question which concerned so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bauckham/a-second-important-sense-in-which-revelation-stands-in-the-tradition/)

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> [“Misinterpretations of Revelation often begin by misconceiving the kind of book it is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bauckham/misinterpretations-of-revelation-often-begin-by-misconceiving-the/)

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> [“Perhaps enough has been said to indicate that the imagery of Revelation requires close and appropriate study if modern readers are to grasp much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bauckham/perhaps-enough-has-been-said-to-indicate-that-the-imagery-of/)

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> [“The Old Testament allusions frequently presuppose their Old Testament context and a range of connexions between Old Testament texts which are not made explicit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bauckham/the-old-testament-allusions-frequently-presuppose-their-old-testament/)

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> [“The range of different situations in these seven churches is sufficient for any Christian church in the late first century to find analogies to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bauckham/the-range-of-different-situations-in-these-seven-churches-is/)

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> [ “\[Jesus'\] resurrection is therefore God's promise of new creation for the whole of the godforsaken reality which the crucified Jesus represents. It is therefore… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bauckham/jesus-resurrection-is-therefore-god-s-promise-of-new-creation-for-the/)

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> [“It seems that John not only writes in the tradition of the Old Testament prophets, but understands himself to be writing at the climax…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bauckham/it-seems-that-john-not-only-writes-in-the-tradition-of-the-old/)

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> [“False worship, such as John portrays in the worship of the beast, is false precisely because its object is not the transcendent mystery, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bauckham/false-worship-such-as-john-portrays-in-the-worship-of-the-beast-is/)

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> [“The point is not to predict a sequence of events. The point is to evoke and to explore the meaning of the divine judgment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bauckham/the-point-is-not-to-predict-a-sequence-of-events-the-point-is-to/)

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> [“The whole of Revelation could be regarded as a vision of the fulfilment of the first three petitions of the Lord’s Prayer: ‘Your name…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bauckham/the-whole-of-revelation-could-be-regarded-as-a-vision-of-the/)

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> [“The method and conceptuality of the theology of Revelation are relatively different from the rest of the New Testament, but once they are appreciated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bauckham/the-method-and-conceptuality-of-the-theology-of-revelation-are/)

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> [“It is clear that John saw himself, not only as one of the Christian prophets, but also as standing in the tradition of Old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bauckham/it-is-clear-that-john-saw-himself-not-only-as-one-of-the-christian/)

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> [“Secondly, as we have already noticed, Revelation is saturated with verbal allusions to the Old Testament. These are not incidental but essential to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bauckham/secondly-as-we-have-already-noticed-revelation-is-saturated-with/)

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