The Book of Revelation describes a vision of the end of the world, when the wicked are punished and the good rewarded. It tells the story of God’s enemies, who worship the evil Beast of the Sea ...
(RV 10:8-11) You can find today’s readings here. As with most selections from the Book of Revelation, I am not quite sure what to make of today’s first reading—even less so when I read it in ...
Lietaert Peerbolte, Bert Jan 2021. The Book of Revelation: Plagues as Part of the Eschatological Human Condition. Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Vol. 44, Issue. 1, p. 75.
Religions, Vol. 15, Issue. 7, p. 800. Empire-critical and postcolonial readings of Revelation are now commonplace, but scholars have not yet put these views into conversation with Jewish trauma and ...