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Revelation as ProphecyMazzaferri, Frederick David. The Genre of the Book of Revelation from a Source-

Critical Perspective. BZNW 54. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1989.

Social Setting of the Seven ChurchesHemer, Colin J. The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia in Their Local Setting.

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New Rochelle, NY: Caratzas, 1979.Ramsay, William M. The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia. Edited by Mark W.

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Paulist Press, 1999.Yamauchi, Edwin M. New Testament Cities in Western Asia Minor. Grand Rapids:

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Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2009.Graves, David. The Seven Messages of Revelation and Vassal Treaties: Literary

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Ancient Communication. WUNT 2/268. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2009.

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the Book of Revelation. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2010.———. Imperial Cult and Commerce in John’s Apocalypse. JSNTSup 132. Shef-

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Cambridge University Press, 1984.Rossing, Barbara R. The Choice between Two Cities: Whore, Bride, and Empire in

the Apocalypse. HTS. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1999.Thompson, Leonard L. The Book of Revelation: Apocalypse and Empire. New

York: Oxford University Press, 1990.

Conflict with JudaismBeagley, Alan James. The “Sitz im Leben” of the Apocalypse, with Particular Refer-

ence to the Role of the Church’s Enemies. BZNW 50. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1987.

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Marshall, John W. Parables of War: Reading John’s Jewish Apocalypse. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2001.

Conflict among ChristiansCollins, Adela Yarbro. Crisis and Catharsis: The Power of the Apocalypse. Phila-

delphia: Westminster, 1984.Royalty, Robert M. The Streets of Heaven: The Ideology of Wealth in the Apocalypse

of John. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1998.

Revelation as a Critique of InjusticeBlount, Brian K. Can I Get a Witness? Reading Revelation through African American

Culture. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2005.Boesak, Alan. Comfort and Protest: The Apocalypse from a South African Perspec-

tive. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1987.Brook-Howard, Wes, and Anthony Gwyther. Unveiling Empire: Reading Revela-

tion Then and Now. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1999.Ewing, Ward. The Power of the Lamb: Revelation’s Theology of Liberation for You.

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Fortress, 1991.Rossing, Barbara R. The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of

Revelation. Boulder, CO: Westview, 2004.

Christology of RevelationCarrell, P. R. Jesus and the Angels: Angelology and Christology in the Apocalypse

of John. SNTSMS 95. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997.Hoffmann, Matthias Reinhard. The Destroyer and the Lamb: The Relationship

between Angelomorphic and Lamb Christology in the Book of Revelation. WUNT 203. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2005.

Johns, Loren L. The Lamb Christology of the Apocalypse of John. WUNT 167. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1998.

Stuckenbruck, L. T. Angel Veneration and Christology: A Study in Early Judaism and in the Christology of the Apocalypse of John. WUNT 2/70. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1995.

Symbolism in RevelationBarker, Margaret. The Revelation of Jesus Christ. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 2000.Bauckham, Richard J. The Climax of Prophecy: Studies on the Book of Revelation.

Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1993. Pages 104–237.Court, John M. Myth and History in the Book of Revelation. Atlanta: John Knox,

1979.Huber, Lynn R. Like a Bride Adorned: Reading Metaphor in John’s Apocalypse.

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On the Use of Scripture in RevelationBauckham, Richard J. The Climax of Prophecy: Studies on the Book of Revelation.

Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1993. Pages 238–337.Beale, Gregory K. John’s Use of the Old Testament in Revelation. JSNTSup 166.

Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998.Beale, Gregory K., and D. A. Carson, eds. Commentary on the New Testament Use

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Testament. Exeter: Paternoster, 1985.Fekkes, Jan. Isaiah and Prophetic Traditions in the Book of Revelation: Visionary

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The Vision of the Future in Revelation and Other New Testament Writings

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Clark-Soles, Jaime. Death and the Afterlife in the New Testament. London: T&T Clark, 2006.

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Milton Keynes, UK: Paternoster, 2009.

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Gorman, Michael J. Reading Revelation Responsibly: Uncivil Worship and Wit-ness; Following the Lamb into the New Creation. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2011.

Hanson, A. T. The Wrath of the Lamb. London: SPCK, 1957.Herms, Ronald. An Apocalypse for the Church and for the World: The Narrative

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Mealy, J. W. After the Thousand Years: Resurrection and Judgment in Revelation 20. JSNTSup 70. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1992.

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Pate, Marvin. Reading Revelation. A Comparison of Four Interpretive Translations of the Apocalypse. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2009.

Pattemore, Stephen. The People of God in the Apocalypse: Discourse, Structure and Exegesis. SNTSMS 128. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005.

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Waddell, Robby. The Spirit of the Book of Revelation. Journal of Pentecostal Theology Supplement Series 30. Dorset, UK: Deo, 2006.

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Wilson, Mark. Charts on the Book of Revelation: Literary, Historical, and Theological Perspectives. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2007.

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