*God’s disclosure of himself. The ultimate revelation for the Jewish people is the *Torah which God revealed to *Moses on Mount *Sinai. He also revealed himself through the *prophets, the *writings and through the *Oral Law. It remains a...

Bsm. recognizes no revelation in the sense of a disclosure of Truth to mankind by favour of a deity. Revelation of Truth is attained by each individual for and by himself by the removal of error from the mind and its consequent illumination or...

REVELATION. The concept of revelation is a fundamental one in every religion that in any way traces its origin to God or a divinity. Revelation is a divine communication to human beings. This broad description allows the phenomenologist of religion to...

Revelation The notion of "revelation" is central to three of the major world religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Through Christianity in particular it has long been an important element in the religious thought of the West, and...

Revelation is an uncovering or disclosure via communication from the divine of something that has been partially or wholly hidden or unknown, "which could not be known apart from the unveiling" (Goswiller 1987 p. 3). In monotheistic religions,...

Druids, drummers, pagans and partygoers welcomed the sun Thursday as it rose above the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge on the longest day of the year _ the summer solstice.Clad in antlers, black cloaks and oak leaves, a group of druids cheered and danced at the...

Hundreds of thousands of revelers from all over the world flooded Times Square on Sunday to ring in the New Year at the city's massive holiday party.Partygoers poured into the area before dark to snag prime viewing spots. Greg First and his 14-year-old daughter traveled...

Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton became a super fan of the New York Giants Sunday, reveling in their upset of the New England Patriots — and even seeing an omen for her own political future."Super Bowl, Super Tuesday, we've got one down, let's get the other,"...

Mardi Gras spectators couldn't miss the anger and frustration Jeff Friedland and others feel about the slow pace of Hurricane Katrina recovery _ it was the theme of their costumes in the second Carnival since the storm.Friedland joined the celebrations Tuesday in a house painter's...

In the following essays, Thompson provides background on the apocalypse genre and its social setting and discusses the seer's vision of the world and its boundaries.

In the following essay, deSilva interprets Revelation as having been a call for Christian revolution against Rome and its ideology.

In the following excerpt, Boring presents an overview of some textual, language, and interpretative issues concerning Revelation.