Resources for the Study of Revelation (Jesus, Moses, Earth, translation)

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Interpreting Revelation or the Apocalypse of John is a task to be done in the library.

Here is an introductory bibliography. All of these articles are available online through JSTOR, which is available for free to most university students or at a university library.

The Apocalypse of John: I. Jewish Apocalyptic Literature
Clyde Weber Votaw
The Biblical World > Vol. 31, No. 1 (Jan., 1908), pp. 32-40


The Apocalypse of John: III. Its Content, Arrangement, and Sources of Material
Clyde Weber Votaw
The Biblical World > Vol. 32, No. 1 (Jul., 1908), pp. 39-50


The Apocalypse of John: IV. Its Chief Ideas, Purpose, Date, Authorship, Principles of Interpretation, and Present-Day Value
Clyde Weber Votaw
The Biblical World > Vol. 32, No. 5 (Nov., 1908), pp. 314-328

The Apocalypse of John
Marian W. Smith
College Art Journal > Vol. 9, No. 3 (Spring, 1950), pp. 295-307

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Note on the Canonicity of the Apocalypse of John
Clifford Herschel Moore
The American Journal of Theology > Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jul., 1898), pp. 638-640


The Apocalypse of John: II. The Thought, Style, and Method of Apocalyptic
Clyde Weber Votaw
The Biblical World > Vol. 31, No. 4 (Apr., 1908), pp. 290-299


Scope and Plan of the Apocalypse of John
Milton S. Terry
Journal of Biblical Literature > Vol. 13, No. 1 (1894), pp. 91-100




The Eschatological Earthquake in the Apocalypse of John
Richard Bauckham
Novum Testamentum > Vol. 19, Fasc. 3 (Jul., 1977), pp. 224-233


Canon Muratori: A Fourth-Century List
Albert C. Sundberg, Jr.
The Harvard Theological Review > Vol. 66, No. 1 (Jan., 1973), pp. 1-41



The Apocalypse of John and the Liturgy of the Ancient Church
Otto A. Piper
Church History > Vol. 20, No. 1 (Mar., 1951), pp. 10-22






Loricate Locusts in the Targum to Nahum III 17 and Revelation IX 9
Robert P. Gordon
Vetus Testamentum > Vol. 33, Fasc. 3 (Jul., 1983), pp. 338-339

Cult and Eschatology in the Apocalypse of John
Leonard Thompson
The Journal of Religion > Vol. 49, No. 4 (Oct., 1969), pp. 330-350


The Eschatology of the Second Century
Frederick C. Grant
The American Journal of Theology > Vol. 21, No. 2 (Apr., 1917), pp. 193-211

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Empty Metaphors and Apocalyptic Rhetoric
Tom Thatcher
Journal of the American Academy of Religion > Vol. 66, No. 3 (Autumn, 1998), pp. 549-570

Millenarianism in Christian History
George Cross
The Biblical World > Vol. 46, No. 1 (Jul., 1915), pp. 3-8

Early Christian Geography
Robert M. Grant
Vigiliae Christianae > Vol. 46, No. 2 (Jun., 1992), pp. 105-111

Apocalyptic Discourse and Strategies of Goodness
Wayne A. Meeks
The Journal of Religion > Vol. 80, No. 3 (Jul., 2000), pp. 461-475

The Temporary Messianic Reign in the Literature of Early Judaism
J. W. Bailey
Journal of Biblical Literature > Vol. 53, No. 2 (Jul., 1934), pp. 170-187

A Call to Martyrdom: Function as Method and Message in Revelation
Michelle V. Lee
Novum Testamentum > Vol. 40, Fasc. 2 (Apr., 1998), pp. 164-194

Revelation 4:6 and Translations Thereof
Raymond R. Brewer
Journal of Biblical Literature > Vol. 71, No. 4 (Dec., 1952), pp. 227-231

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Jewish Apocalyptic Literature
John W. Bailey
The Biblical World > Vol. 25, No. 1 (Jan., 1905), pp. 30-42

The Voice of Jesus in the Apocalypse of John
M. Eugene Boring
Novum Testamentum > Vol. 34, Fasc. 4 (Oct., 1992), pp. 334-359

'Apocalyptic': Observations on a Slippery Term
Robert L. Webb
Journal of Near Eastern Studies > Vol. 49, No. 2, Qumran and Apocalyptic: The "End of Days" in Ancient Judaism and the Dead Sea Scrolls (Apr., 1990), pp. 115-126

The Apocalypse: An Apocalyptic Book?
James Kallas
Journal of Biblical Literature > Vol. 86, No. 1 (Mar., 1967), pp. 69-80

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The Reconstruction of an Early Christian Cycle of Illustrations for the Book of Revelation: The Trier Apocalypse
James Snyder
Vigiliae Christianae > Vol. 18, No. 3 (Sep., 1964), pp. 146-162


Moses, Jesus, and the Roman Emperor Observations in Philo's Writings and the Revelation of John
Peder Borgen
Novum Testamentum > Vol. 38, Fasc. 2 (Apr., 1996), pp. 145-159

Realized Eschatology
Clarence T. Craig
Journal of Biblical Literature > Vol. 56, No. 1 (Mar., 1937), pp. 17-26

The False Neros
Albert Earl Pappano
The Classical Journal > Vol. 32, No. 7 (Apr., 1937), pp. 385-392

The Language of Apocalypse
Allen Dwight Callahan
The Harvard Theological Review > Vol. 88, No. 4 (Oct., 1995), pp. 453-470

The Wounded Beast
Paul S. Minear
Journal of Biblical Literature > Vol. 72, No. 2 (Jun., 1953), pp. 93-101

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Dialectic and Analogy
Jacob Taubes
The Journal of Religion > Vol. 34, No. 2 (Apr., 1954), pp. 111-119

Early Christians and Roman Law
J. E. A. Crake
Phoenix > Vol. 19, No. 1 (Spring, 1965), pp. 61-70

"And I Saw..." An Apocalyptic Literary Convention for Structural Identification in the Apocalypse
Ralph J. Korner
Novum Testamentum > Vol. 42, Fasc. 2 (Apr., 2000), pp. 160-183

The Delay of the Parousia in Hippolytus
David G. Dunbar
Vigiliae Christianae > Vol. 37, No. 4 (Dec., 1983), pp. 313-327

Review: Ancient Seals and the Bible
Author(s) of Review: Othmar Keel
Reviewed Work(s): Ancient Seals and the Bible by Leonard Gorelick; Elizabeth Williams-Forte
Journal of the American Oriental Society > Vol. 106, No. 2 (Apr., 1986), pp. 307-311


The Political Perspective of the Revelation to John
Adela Yarbro Collins
Journal of Biblical Literature > Vol. 96, No. 2 (Jun., 1977), pp. 241-256

Historical Criticism in the Ancient Church
Robert M. Grant
The Journal of Religion > Vol. 25, No. 3 (Jul., 1945), pp. 183-196

The Bible in the Ancient Church
Robert M. Grant
The Journal of Religion > Vol. 26, No. 3 (Jul., 1946), pp. 190-202

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These articles along with the volumes on Revelation from Hermenia, Word Biblical Commentary, and Anchor Bible Commentary and the bibliography that they list will get you well on your way to interpreting Revelation.