Books Quote by Stan Newton

“we must try to do justice to the three categories of literature – apocalypse, prophecy and letter – into which Revelation seems to fall.”

— 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

The book known by the name of the Apocalypse, has seemed to be until now unintelligible, merely because people persisted to see in it…

— Charles-Francois Dupuis

“Interpreting Bible prophecy using current events has grown immensely in the last few generations.  Many Christian bestsellers come from the ranks of prophecy books…

— Stan Newton

Apocalyptic fiction, while ultimately about God's purposes, usually portrays an immediate, human world of competing conspiracies. Whatever happens is orchestrated, coordinated and planned in…

— Virginia Postrel

“The great majority of interpretations of Apocalypse assume that the End is pretty near. Consequently the historical allegory is always having to be revised;…

— Frank Kermode

We can understand that the Fathers of the Church in the East wanted Apocalypse left out of the New Testament. But like Judas among…

— D. H. Lawrence

“Revelations help us accept the things we need the most, expose the secrets we so desperately try to hide and illuminate the dangers all…

— Emily Thorne

The Book of Revelation is the strangest book in the Bible, and the most controversial. Instead of stories and moral teaching, it offers only…

— Elaine Pagels

The Book of Reveal-ation in the Bible predicts an unveiling of great truth and unimaginable wisdom. The Apocalypse is not the end of the…

— Dan Brown

I never thought I would write about the Book of Revelation. It's so dense; it's so complex and puzzling. But then I found I…

— Elaine Pagels

“While it is certainly true that Revelation looks ahead and reveals the future, it also looks back and brings together all the threads running…

— Mark Hitchcock