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| Revelation (New Revised Standard Version): | Full text of the 1989 NRSV translation, with extensive notes and cross-references |
| Revelation (New International Version): | Full text of the NIV translation, from The Bible Gateway (Gospel Communications Network); this site also has the NASB, RSV, KJV, and several other English and foreign language translations available. |
| The Revelation of Saint John the Divine: | Full text with introductions, notes, map, and glossary, by Mike Campbell |
| The NET Bible: | Full text in the "New English Translation"; with extensive footnotes often commenting on the Greek text; from the "Biblical Studies Foundation" Commentary on Revelation: with good additional study materials; available in English and Spanish; by Ross Taylor |
| The Apocalypse of St. John the Apostle: | Text only, no notes; from the old
Douay-Rheims Bible translation; website by
Dan Connolly |
| Synopsis: The Revelation | Classic commentary by John Nelson Darby (1800-1881); on the "Christian Classics Ethereal Library" website |
| The Revelation of John: | Another old interpretation, from the "People's New Testament" by B. W. Johnson (1891) |
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PBS Frontline: Apocalypse |
An excellent set of web-pages as a companion to the PBS special first aired on Nov. 22, 1999. Videos viewed in class, Jan. 25-27. |
| Bible Tutor Demo: Revelation | A very brief overview, with links to a few sample texts; from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN |
| Interpreting the Book of Revelation | A brief but good discussion of the nature of the book and of some different interpretive approaches, by Dennis Bratcher of the "Christian Resource Institute" |
| Interpretive Models for the Book of Revelation | Discusses five main methods, by Greg Herrick of the "Biblical Studies Foundation" |
| Apocalypse: | Interesting but somewhat dated article by C. van den Biesen; from the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913 edition) |
| Revelation (book of the Bible): | very brief article from Microsoft's "Encarta" on-line encyclopedia |
| Map of the Cities in Revelation: | Showing the Island of Patmos and the seven cities of Asia Minor from
Rev 1-3; by
Mike Campbell |
| Flowchart for the Book of Revelation | "an easy-to-understand guide with an accompanying flowchart," from an amillennial, Church of Christ perspective, by Russ Hicks |
| Web site | Description |
| The Other Number of the Beast: 616 | A reproduction and brief explanation of a recently published papyrus fragment from Oxyrhynchus (P.Oxy. LVI 4499) |
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| Bible Topics: The Book of Revelation: | Conservative Christian interpretation, from the Churches of Christ |
| Revelation - A Study Guide: | From the "Executable Outlines" series designed for Bible Study groups, by Mark A. Copeland |
| The Book of Revelation and Apocalyptic Literature: | Main webpage for Rev. Felix Just's course at LMU in Fall 1998 & Spring 1999 |
| Apocalypse Then, Apocalypse Now: The Book of Revelation from Rome To Waco: | Asolid academic course taught by Prof. Bob Royalty, now at Wabash College; great content, but some links broken and out of date |
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| The Most Revealing Book of the Bible | By Vernard Eller (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1974); HTML text available from "House Church Central"; includes map and some charts |
| The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Spanish novel about World War I; by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez;
translated by
Charlotte Brewster Jordan; downloadable etexts from "Project Gutenberg" |
| The Prophecies of Daniel and the Revelation | By Uriah Smith (1832-1903); HTML text on the "Seventh-day Adventist Bible Prophecy Books" website of Clarence L. Thomas IV |
| The Revelation of Jesus Christ, by Anne Wentworth (1679) | Part of the "Women Writers Resource Project" at Emory University |
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| "The Early Christian Apocalypses" | Adela Yarbro Collins; Semeia 14: Apocalypse: The Morphology of a Genre (1979) |
| "Introduction: Towards the Morphology of a Genre" | John J. Collins; also Semeia 14 (1979) |
| "The Heroine and the Whore: Fantasy and the Female in the Apocalypse of John" | Tina Pippin; Semeia 60: Fantasy and the Bible (1992) 67-82 |
| "Response: Fantasy and the New Testament"- | Joanna Dewey; Semeia 60 (1992) 83-90 |
| "Towards an Ethical Reading of The Apocalypse: Reflections on John's Use of Power, Violence, and Misogyny" | David L. Barr (presented at an annual SBL meeting) |
| "Using Plot to Discern Structure in John's Apocalypse" | David L. Barr; Proceedings of the Eastern Great Lakes and Mid-West Biblical Societies 15 (1995) 23-33. |
| "Blood and Purity in Leviticus and Revelation" | K.C. Hanson; Listening: Journal of Religion and Culture 28 (1993) 215-30. |
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"The Kingdom of Christ in the Apocalypse" |
Robert L. Thomas; The Master's Seminary Journal3:2 (Fall 1992) 117-40 |
| "Apocalypse Soon?" | Wes Howard-Brook; Sojourners Online (Jan.-Feb. 1999) - part 1 of 2 |
| "Come Out of Her My People" | Wes Howard-Brook; Sojourners Online (March-April 1999) - part 2 of 2 |
| Visions of the End: Secular Apocalypse in Recent Hollywood Film" | Conrad Ostwalt; Journal of Religion and Film 2.1 (1999) |
| The Morgan Beatus Apocalypse and Commentary, Part I (4/28/98); The
Morgan Beatus, Part II (5/12/98); The
Morgan Beatus Part III (5/26/98) |
Articles by George R. Hoelzeman on the Morgan Beatus, a 10th-century
illuminated apocalypse created in Spain, now in the Pierpont Morgan Library,
New York; based on the Apocalypse
Commentary of St. Beatus of Liebana (8th century Spanish monk). |
The following articles from past issues of Semeia
will hopefully be put on line soon:
"The Problem
of Apocalyptic Genre and the Apocalypse of John" - by David Hellholm; Semeia
36
(1986)
13-64
"The Apocalypse
of John and the Problem of Genre" - by David E. Aune; Semeia 36
(1986) 65-96
"The Followers
of the Lamb: Visionary Rhetoric and Socio-Political Situation" - by Elisabeth
Schüssler Fiorenza;
Semeia
36 (1986) 147-174
"Eros and the
End: Reading for Gender in the Apocalypse of John" - by Tina Pippin; Semeia
59
(1992)
193-210
"A Real Reader
Reading Revelation" - by Tim Long; Semeia 73 (1996) 79-107
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| Images, Art, and Materials | Rev. Felx Just, SJ 's compilation of artwork available on the internet, arranged by the chapters of Revelation |
| Symbols of the Four Evangelists | Rev. Felix Just's collection of images available on the internet of the "four living creatures" (Rev 4:7) |
| The Doré Bible Illustrations | Six woodcuts by Gustave Doré (1832-1883) depicting various scenes from Rev 1, 6, 12, 18, 20, and 21 |
| Apocalypse | Meditations on the Visions of John: a series of 42 drawings by Prof. John Steczynski, Boston College |
| Revelation Illustrated: | "a fantastic series of 35 full color works of art has been done by Christian artist Pat Marvenko Smith that portrays the difficult to imagine visions exactly as described in the apocalyptic Book of Revelation"; the artist's own website |
| Revelation Illustrated: | Full set of 40 paintings by Pat Marvenko Smith, including 5 additional ones found only on this JVIM website, depicting the scenes of Rev 1:12; 5:2; 11:12; 12:15; 21:9-10 (pictures # 3, 8, 19, 23, 39, respectively, on this site) |
| Revelation: Visions of the Apocalypse | 45 modern images by Florida artist Peter Olsen; slide show set to music (long download times!) |
| 16 Woodcuts on "The Apocalypse of St. John" | By medieval German artist Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), from the Wetmore Print Collection at Connecticut College |
| New Testament Revelation Index | Twelve simple modern sketches and commentary by the late Walt Crawford |
| Images of the Apocalypse: | Hyperlinks to six paintings related to the Book of Revelation, collected by John W. Marshall of Princeton |
| Beatus de Liebana, Codex Urgellensis | On-line collection of 25 out of the 91 illustrations from a 10th-century copy of Beatus of Liébana's Illustrated Commentary on the Apocalypse;this manuscript is in the Urgell Diocesean Museum in La Seu d'Urgell (Spain). |
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| General Resources for Revelation | Very fine collection of links to other websites; includes art links and other ancient apocalypses |
| World Wide Study Bible | Large collection of links to various translations, commentaries, sermons, etc.; from Wheaton College, IL |
| Resource Pages for Biblical Studies: The Book of Revelation: | Web-based resources gathered by Norwegian Professor Torrey Seland |
| Revelation Resources: | Lots of great resources on the Book of Revelation, compiled by Danish Lutheran scholar Georg S. Adamsen |
| Revelation web site links: | Good long list of revelation and "prophecy" links, including many not listed above, by Ross Taylor |
PBS Frontline: Apocalypse! - an excellent two-hour
video production first broadcast 11/22/99; also available in an
educational edition -- new link!
Some of the Best Student Web-Projects
A Longer List of Other Student Projects
The Book of Revelation and Apocalyptic
Literature: the main webpage for my own course at LMU in Fall 1998
& Spring 1999
End of the World Predictions: definitions
of historical premillennialism, dispensational premillennialism, and
amillennialism; discussion of the year 2000;
long lists of dates (past and future) people have predicted for the
end of the world
Failed Prophecy and Revolutionary Violence:
The Case of Augusto C. Sandino: full text of an article by Marco
A. Navarro-Génie
Apocalypse: A List of Ways the World Could
End: "most likely doomsday scenarios have not changed: war,
famine and pestilence remain the most likely
precursors to world destruction"; from the Queens University
Belfast Christian Union
Waco: The Inside Story: Frontline Special
(PBS) from October 17, 1995
Apocalyptic Literature: an extensive internet
course from the "Quartz Hill School of Theology"
Center for Millennial Studies: wide range
of material, from glossary to events to Y2K problem; check out
especially their "Apocalyptic and Millennial
Bibliography" and/or their hosting of Ted Daniels' Apocalypse &
Millennium Bibliography
Marian Apparitions & Catholic Apocalypticism:
an extremely large and superb academic site with original
materials and links
The Millennium Watch Institute: "A clearing
house on ideas of global change and the people who promote them";
collection of articles by Ted Daniels, Ph.D.;
select past articles free; current issues by membership subscription
Appocalypse/Armaggedon?: prophecies
complied mainly from works of John Hogue and Erika Cheetham,
among others.
Bible Prophecy: The Ultimate Deception: privately
published book by Frank L. Caw; full text available in
sections.
The Global Church, Apostasy, And The Year
2000: privately published apocalyptic writings by Ed Tarkowski;
highly anti-Catholic and anti-Ecumenical perspective.
The Nostradamus Society of America: Quatrains,
information on Nostradamus.
Nostradamiana: the complete prophecies of
Nostradamus on the Web in French and English (full text).
Our Lady of the Roses (Bayside, NY): supposed
messages from Mary and Jesus to Veronica Lueken.
Pacific Institute (San Diego): supposed Bible
prophecies of future events; excerpts from their book Earth’s
Final Hours.
WARNING! Revelation is about to be fulfilled:
privately published book by Larry Wilson, available for
download.
Jack Van Impe International: "The Bible Prophecy
Portal of the Internet"
Atlantis Station: The Premier Prophecy
Study Site: many different types of links relating to prophecy and the
Bible.
Apocalypse Pretty Soon: fun & well-designed
site categorized by different types of apocalyptic groups.
Bible Prophecy Links: from Armageddon Books.
Bible Prophecy Books, Videos and Charts.
Global Conspiracy: a wild page with
links to various kinds of prophecies and conspiracy theories.
Saturn ~ God of the Harvest: prophecies
from Hopi & other Native American traditions, Nostradamus, Edgar
Cayce, various other modern prophets, organized
religions, Marian apparitions, etc. Also links to Nostradamus
and many other prophecy sites.
Millennial Sites: very comprehensive hyperlink
collection maintained by the Center for Millennial Studies
The End is Near! Visions of Apocalypse,
Millennium, and Utopia: a 1998 book by Dilettante Press with dozens of
prints and essays, based on a large and fascinating
recent exhibition at the American Visionary Art Museum
(Baltimore), curated by Roger Manley
APOCALYPSE: Revelations for the New Millennium
- a five-hour video series, available for purchase from PBS
PROPHECY: Countdown to the New Millennium
- two videocassettes from PBS