Quote by Richard Bauckham

“We may still ask in what sense Revelation belongs to the genre of ancient religious literature we call the apocalypse. J. J. Collins defines…

— Richard Bauckham

“A second important sense in which Revelation stands in the tradition of the Jewish apocalypses is that it shares the question which concerned so…

— Richard Bauckham

“The method and conceptuality of the theology of Revelation are relatively different from the rest of the New Testament, but once they are appreciated…

— Richard Bauckham

“Revelation in nature and revelation in Scripture form, in alliance with each other, a harmonious unity which satisfies the requirements of the intellect and…

— Herman Bavinck

“The heavenly revelation he receives concerns God’s activity in history to achieve his eschatological purpose for the world. In other words, John’s concerns are…

— Richard Bauckham

“Thus Revelation seems to be an apocalyptic prophecy in the form of a circular letter to seven churches in the Roman province of Asia.”

— Richard Bauckham

“Plot is the structure of revelation.”

— Walter Mosely

The Book of Revelation, difficult as it may be for "literalists," becomes much simpler when we read it typologically, as a mosiac of allusions…

— Northrop Frye

“The extent and character of the continuity and the differences between prophecy and apocalyptic are highly debatable. But the distinction means that the relationship…

— Richard Bauckham

“Revelation is a literary work composed with astonishing care and skill. We should certainly not doubt that John had remarkable visionary experiences, but he…

— Richard Bauckham

“It is a contradiction in terms and ideas, to call anything a revelation that comes to us at second-hand, either verbally or in writing.…

— Thomas Paine

“Misinterpretations of Revelation often begin by misconceiving the kind of book it is.”

— Richard Bauckham