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Bibliography: The Apocalypse of John

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GENERAL WORKS ON REVELATION:
Bauckham, Richard. The Climax of Prophecy: Studies on the Book of
Revelation. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1992.

________. The Theology of the Book of Revelation. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1993.

Blount, Brian K. Can I Get a Witness? Reading Revelation through African American
        Culture. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2005.

Boring, M. Eugene. "Revelation." In The New Testament Today, ed. Mark Allan
        Powell,134-46. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1999.

________. "The Theology of Revelation: "The Lord Our God the Almighty Reigns"."
        Interpretation 40, no. 3 (1986): 257-69.

Allen Dwight Callahan, "The Language of the Apocalypse." Harvard Theological Review
88 (1995): 453-470.

John J. Collins, ed. The Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism New York: Continuum,
1998.

Desrosiers, Gilbert. An Introduction to Revelation. New York: Continuum, 2000.

Faley, Roland J. Apocalypse Then & Now. A Companion to the Book of Revelation.
        Mahwah, New Jersey: Paulist Press, 1999.

Fiorenza, Elisabeth Schussler. The Book of Revelation. Justice and Judgment.
        Second ed. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1998.

________. "Revelation." In The Books of the Bible, Volume 2: The Apocrypha
        and theNew Testament, ed. Bernhard W. Anderson, 367-81. New York:
        Charles Scribner'sSons, 1989.

Flegg, Columba Graham. Introduction to Reading the Apocalypse. St. Vladimir's
        Seminary Press, 1999.

Guthrie, Donald. "The Christology of Revelation." In Jesus of Nazareth, Lord
        and Christ.Essays on the Historical Jesus and New Testament Christology,
        eds. Joel B.Green and Max Turner, 397-409. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994.

Kraybill, J. Nelson. "Apocalypse Now." Christianity Today 43.12 (October 25,
1999): 30-40.

Maier, Harry O. Apocalypse Recalled. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2002.

McGinn, Bernard. "Revelation." In The Literary Guide to the Bible, eds. Robert
        Alter andFrank Kermode, 523-41. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University
        Press, 1987.

Murphy, Frederick J. "The Book of Revelation." Critical Review: Biblical Studies 2
        (1994): 181-225.

O'Leary, Stephen D. Arguing the Apocalypse. A Theory of Millennial Rhetoric.
        New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.

Peterson, Brian K. ""This Calls for Wisdom" (Rev 13:18): Commenting on
        Revelation At the Turn of the Millennium." Taproot 15 (Fall 2000): 97-133.

Rhoads, David, ed. From Every People and Nation. The Book of Revelation in
Intercultural Perspective. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2005.

Rossing, Barbara R. The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of
        Revelation. Cambridge, Mass.: Westview Press, 2004.

Sigel, Charles P. "The Revelation: Who Wants It or Needs It?" Taproot 14
        (1999): 6-31.

Talbert, Charles H. "The Christology of the Apocalypse." In Who Do You Say That I
        Am? Essays on Christology, eds. Mark Allan Powell and David R. Bauer,
        166-84.Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1999.

Yarbro Collins, Adela. "The Book of Revelation." In The Encyclopedia of
        Apocalypticism Volume 1: The Origins of Apocalypticism, ed. John J. Collins,
        384-414. New York: Continuum, 1998.

________. The Combat Myth in the Book of Revelation. Harvard Dissertations in
        Religion, no. 9. Missoula, Mont.: Scholars Press, 1976.

________. Crisis and Catharsis: The Power of the Apocalypse. Philadelphia:
        Westminster, 1984.

________. "Reading the Book of Revelation in the Twenthieth Century."
        Interpretation 40, no. 3 (1986): 229-42.

________. "Revelation, Book of." In The Anchor Bible Dictionary, 5:694-708, ed.
        David Noel Freedman. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

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REVELATION IN HISTORY AND ART:

Daley, B. The Hope of the Early Church. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
1991.

Emmerson, R. and B. McGinn. The Apocalypse in the Middle Ages. Ithaca, N.Y.:
Cornell University Press, 1992.

Hunt, Stephen, ed. Christian Millenarianism: From the Early Church to Waco.
         Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 2001.

James, M. R. The Apocalypse in Art. London: Oxford University Press, 1931.

Koester, Craig R. "On the Verge of the Millennium: A History of the Interpretation of
        Revelation." Word & World 15 (1995): 128-36.

Koester, Nancy. "The Future in Our Past: Post-Millennialism in American
        Protestantism."Word & World 15 (1995): 137-44.

Nestingen, James Arne. "The End of the End: The Role of Apocalyptic in the
        Lutheran Reform." Word & World 15 (1995): 195-205.

Newport, Kenneth G. C. Apocalypse & Millennium: Studies in Biblical Eisegesis.
         Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Quispel, Gilles. The Secret Book of Revelation. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979.

Smith, Robert H. "Albrecht Durer's New Jerusalem: Revelation 21-22." Word &
        World 15 (1995): 151-8.

Van der Meer, F. Apocalypse: Visions from the Book of Revelation in Western Art.
        London: Thames & Hudson, 1978.

Wainwright, Arthur W. Mysterious Apocalypse. Interpreting the Book of
        Revelation. Nashville: Abingdon, 1993.

Weber, Eugen. Apocalypses. Prophecies, Cults, and Millennial Beliefs through
the Ages. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1999.

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APOCALYPSES & APOCALYPTICISM:

Aune, David E. Prophecy in Early Christianity and the Ancient Mediterranean
        World. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1983.

________. "The Prophetic Circle of John of Patmos and the Exegesis of Revelation
        22:16." Journal for the Study of the New Testament 37 (October 1989):
        103-16.

Bloomquist, L. Gregory and Greg Carey. Vision and Persuasion. Rhetorical
        Dimensions of Apocalyptic Discourse. St. Louis: Chalice, 1999.

Charlesworth, James H. "Ancient Apocalyptic Thought and the New Testament." In
        Biblical Theology: Problems and Perspectives, eds. Steven Kraftchick and
        Charles Myers, 222-32. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995.

Collins, John J., Ed. Apocalypse: The Morphology of a Genre. Semeia 14. , 1979.
________. The Apocalyptic Imagination. Second ed. 1984; reprint, Grand Rapids:
        Eerdmans, 1998.

Fiorenza, Elisabeth Schüssler. "The Phenomenon of Early Christian Apocalyptic.
        SomeReflections on Method." In Apocalypticism in the Mediterranean World
        and theNear East, ed. David Hellholm, 295-316. Tübingen: Mohn, 1983.

Hanson, Paul D. Old Testament Apocalyptic. Interpreting Biblical Texts. Nashville:
        Abingdon, 1987.

Hill, David. "Prophecy and Prophets in the Revelation of St. John." New Testament
        Studies 18 (1972): 402-18.

Malina, Bruce J. On the Genre and Message of Revelation. Star Visions and Sky
        Journeys. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1995.

Minear, Paul S. New Testament Apocalyptic. Interpreting Biblical Texts. Nashville:
        Abingdon, 1981.

Murphy, Frederick J. "Apocalypses and Apocalypticism: The State of the Question."
        Critical Review: Biblical Studies 2 (1994): 147-79.

Reddish, Mitchell G., Ed. Apocalyptic Literature: A Reader. Nashville: Abingdon,
        1990;reprint, Peabody, Mass: Hendrickson, 1995.

Thigpen, Paul. The Rapture Trap. A Catholic Response to "End Times" Fever.
West Chester, Penn.: Ascension Press, 2001

Yarbro Collins, Adela. "Apocalyptic Themes in Biblical Literature." Interpretation
53, no.2 (1999): 117-30.

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SOCIAL SETTING OF REVELATION:

Botha, Pieter J. J. "God, Emperor Worship and Society." Neotestimentica 22
(1988): 87-102.

Collins, Adela Yarbro. Crisis and Catharsis: The Power of the Apocalypse. Louisville:
Westminster, 1984.

Duff, Paul B. Who Rides the Beast? Prophetic Rivalry and the Rhetoric of Crisis in
        the Churches of the Apocalypse. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.

Fiorenza, Elisabeth Schüssler. "The Followers of the Lamb: Visionary Rhetoric and
        Socio-Political Situation." Semeia 36 (1986): 123-46.

Friesen, Steven. Imperial Cults and the Apocalypse of John. Reading Revelation in
        the Ruins. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.

________. "Revelation, Realia, and Religion. Archaeology in the Interpretation
        of the Apocalypse." Harvard Theological Review 88 (1995): 291-314.

Georgi, Dieter. "Who Is the True Prophet?" Harvard Theological Review 79 (1986):
        100-26.

Gonzalez, Justo L. For the Healing of the Nations. The Book of Revelation in an
        Age ofCultural Conflict. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis, 1999.

Hanfmann, George M. A. Letters from Sardis. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University
Press, 1972.

Hemer, Colin. Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia in Their Local Setting. Sheffield:
Sheffield Academic Press, 1986.

Koester, Helmut, ed. Pergamon. Citadel of the Gods. Harvard Theological Studies.
        Harrisburg, Penn.: Trinity Press International, 1998.

Kraybill, J. Nelson. Imperial Cult and Commerce in John's Apocalypse. JSNT
        Supplement, no. 132. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996.

Price, S. R. F. Rituals and Power: The Roman Imperial Cult in Asia Minor.
        Cambridge:Cambridge University Press, 1984.

Slater, Thomas B. "On the Social Setting of the Revelation to John." New Testament
        Studies 44 (1998): 232-56.

Thompson, Leonard L. The Book of Revelation. Apocalypse and Empire. New
        York: Oxford University Press, 1990.

Trebilco, Paul. Jewish Communities in Asia Minor. SNTSMS 69. Cambridge:
        Cambridge University Press, 1991.

Worth, Roland H. Jr. The Seven Cities of the Apocalypse & Greco-Asian Culture.
        NewYork: Paulist, 1999.

________. The Seven Cities of the Apocalypse & Roman Culture. New York:
        Paulist, 1999.

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REVELATION AS LITURGY:

Barr, David L. "The Apocalypse As a Symbolic Transformation of the World:
        A LiteraryAnalysis." Interpretation 38 (1984): 39-50.

________. "The Apocalypse of John As Oral Enactment." Interpretation 40, no. 3
        (1986): 243-56.

________. "Blessed Are Those Who Hear: John's Apocalypse As Present
        Experience."In Biblical and Humane: A Festschrift for John Priest, eds. Linda
        Bennett Elderand Elizabeth Stuthers Malbon, 87- 103. Atlanta: Scholars Press,
        1996.

Ruiz, Jean-Pierre. "Betwixt and Between on the Lord's Day: Liturgy and the
        Apocalypse." In Society of Biblical Literature 1992 Seminar Papers, 654-72.
        Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1992.

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WOMEN IN REVELATION:

Miller, Kevin E. "The Nuptial Eschatology of Revelation 19-22." Catholic Biblical
        Quarterly 60, no. 2 (1998): 301- 18.

Olson, Daniel C. "Those Who Have Not Defiled Themselves with Women:
        Revelation 14:4 and the Book of Enoch." CBQ 59, no. 3 (1997): 492-510.

Pippin, Tina. Death and Desire: The Rhetoric of Gender in the Apocalypse of
         John. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1992.

Schroeder, Joy A. "Revelation 12: Female Figures and Figures of Evil." Word &
        World 15 (1995): 175-81.

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REVELATION FOR PREACHERS & PASTORS:

Charry, Ellen T. "A Sharp Two-Edged Sword. Pastoral Implications of
        Apocalyptic." Interpretation 53 (1999): 158-72.

Craddock, Fred B. "Preaching the Book of Revelation." Interpretation 40, no. 3
        (1986):270-82.

Jeske, Richard L. "The Book of Revelation in the Parish." Word & World 15 (1995):
        182-94.

Jacobsen, David Schnasa. Preaching in the New Creation. The Promise of New
        Testament Apocalyptic Texts. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1999.

Jones, Larry Paul and Jerry L. Sumney. Preaching Apocalyptic Texts. St. Louis:
        Chalice.

Rogers, Cornish R. and Joseph R. Jr. Jeter, Eds. Preaching Through the
        Apocalypse.Sermons from Revelation. St. Louis: Chalice Press, 1992.

Rossing, Barbara. "River of Life in God's New Jerusalem: An Ecological Vision for
        Earth's Future." Currents 25, no. 6 (1998): 487-99.

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COMMENTARIES ON REVELATION:

Aune, David E. Revelation. Word Biblical Commentary. Nashville: Thomas Nelson,
        1997-1998.

Barr, David. Tales of the End. A Narrative Commentary on the Book of Revelation.
        Santa Rosa, Calif.: Polebridge Press, 1998.

Beale, G. K. The Book of Revelation. The New International Greek Testament
        Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999.

Boring, M. Eugene. Revelation. Interpretation Commentaries. Louisville: John Knox,
        1989.

Caird, G. B. The Revelation to St. John the Divine. Harper's New Testament
        Commentaries. New York: Harper & Row, 1966.

Charles, R. H. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Revelation of St.
         John. International Critical Commentary. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,
         1920.

Fiorenza, Elisabeth Schussler. Revelation. Vision of a Just World. Proclamation
        Commentaries. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1991.

Ford, J. Massyngberde. Revelation: Introduction, Translation and Commentary,
        no. 38. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1975.

González, Catherine Gunsalus and Justo L. González. Revelation. Westminster Bible
        Companion. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1997.

Harrington, Wilfrid J. Revelation. Sacra Pagina. Collegeville, Minn: Liturgical
        Press, 1993.

Koester, Craig R. Revelation and the End of All Things. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001.

Krodel, Gerhard A. Revelation. Augsburg Commentary on the New Testament.
        Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1989.

Metzger, Bruce M. Breaking the Code: Understanding the Book of Revelation.
        Nashville: Abingdon, 1993.

Mounce, Robert H. The Book of Revelation. The New International Commentary
        on theNew Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1977.

Murphy, Frederick J. Fallen Is Babylon. The Revelation to John. The New
        Testament inContext. Harrisburg, Penn.: Trinity Press International, 1998.

Richard, Pablo. Apocalypse. A People's Commentary on the Book of Revelation.
        Maryknoll, New York: Orbis, 1995.

Reddish, Mitchell G. Revelation. Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary. Macon, Ga.:
        Smyth & Helwys, 2001.

Roloff, Jürgen. Revelation. Continental Commentary. Zurich: Theologischer Verlag,
        1984; reprint, Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993.

Rowland, Christopher C. "The Book of Revelation." In The New Interpreter's Bible
        Volume XII: Hebrews, James, 1 & 2 Peter, 1, 2, & 3 John, Jude, Revelation,
        501-743. Nashville: Abingdon, 1998.

Smith, Robert H. Apocalypse. A Commentary on Revelation in Words and Images.
        Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, 2000.

Sweet, John. Revelation. London: SCM Press, 1979; reprint, Philadelphia: Trinity
        Press International, 1990.

Swete, Henry Barclay. The Apocalypse of St. John: The Greek Text with
        Introduction, Notes and Indices. 3rd ed. London: Macmillan, 1917.

Talbert, Charles H. The Apocalypse. A Reading of the Revelation of John.
        Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1994.

Thompson, Leonard L. Revelation. Abingdon New Testament Commentaries.
        Nashville: Abingdon, 1998.

Wall, Robert W. Revelation. New International Biblical Commentary. Peabody,
        Mass.: Henrickson, 1991.

Witherington, Ben III. Revelation. The New Cambridge Bible Commentary. Cambridge
University Press, 2003.

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