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.

In the following essay, Fiorenza concentrates on the first five verses of chapter 14, particularly in assessing the meaning of “the 144,000 followers of the Lamb on Mount Zion.”

In the following essay, Lambrecht focuses on two sections of Revelation, initially dealing with the final judgment and second death and then with the visions of the new creation and the new Jerusalem.

In the following excerpt, Sweet examines the imagery of Revelation, discusses its probable date of origin, and supplies some social background for its text.

In the following essay, Fiorenza presents an overview of Revelation scholarship from the 1960s and 1970s.

In the following essay, Blevins contends that the structure of Revelation was based on that of Greek tragedy, including its chorus and staging.

In the following essay, Bovon explains that John's self-definition in Revelation is purposeful in terms of narrative success.