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Because the Book of Revelation often has been thought to include dramatic interpretations of end times, now may be a good time to read, study, and teach this biblical book. The resources described below are meant to be helpful tools for addressing apocalyptic themes and texts - moving beyond “end times” anxiety and fear to the promise and hope that is the central theme of Revelation.
Featured Resources:
- New Proclamation Commentary for Easter C
- “No One is Left Behind” by Barbara Rossing in Lutheran Woman Today, December, 1999
- “The Trials of the Tribulation” by Michael Joseph Gross
- “On the Verge of the Millennium: A History of the Interpretation of Revelation” (Spring, 1995)
- “The Distant Triumph Song: Music and the Book of Revelation” (Summer, 1992) by Craig Koester
- Breaking the Code: Understanding the Book of Revelation video and study guide by Bruce Metzger (VT 1628)
- Millennial Madness (VT 1995)
- Millennial Hope (video)
- Unmasking the End Times (Bible Study)
- Put it to the Test: Making Sense of Today’s Religious Movements-Volume 1
- Believe it or Not: Making Sense of Today’s Religious Movements-Volume 2
- Pablo Richard’s Apocalypse: A People’s Commentary on the Book of Revelation (B1905)
- Reversed Thunder: The Revelation of John and the Praying Imagination by Eugene Peterson (B1869)
- Joy in our Weakness-A Gift of Hope from the Book of Revelation by Marva Dawn (B1750
- When Time Shall Be No More (B1906) by Paul Boyer
- Paul’s Apocalyptic Gospel-the Coming Triumph of God by J. Christiaan Beker (B1388)
- Crisis and Catharsis: the Power of the Apocalypse by Adela Yarbro Collins
- Revelation: God and Satan in the Apocalypse by James Kallas (B1867)
- “Revelation: A Book of Song” by Pastor Deanna Wildermuth
- Kerygma’s “The Book of Revelation: Visions for the Church in Crisis”
- “Revelation: Images of Hope” by Richard Jeske
- “Volume 4-Books of the Bible -Galatians to Revelation.”
- Augsburg Commentary on Revelation by Gerhard Krodel (B1871)
- Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza’s Revelation: Vision of a Just World (B1872)
- George Caird’s Commentary on the Revelation of St. John the Divine
- New Proclamation Year C, 2001 edited by Marshall D. Johnson
- Interpretation: Revelation by M. Eugene Boring