Revelation and the apocalyptic tradition
Apocalyptic worldview in Judaism
Apocalyptic dimension of early Christianity
Origins of the Book of Revelation
Issues facing Revelation's first readers
God, the Lamb, and the Seven Seals
Seven trumpets, temple, and celebration
The dragon and the problem of evil
The beasts and evil in the political sphere
The harlot and the imperial economy
The battle, the Kingdom, and last judgment
New creation and New Jerusalem
Antichrist and the millennium
Revelation's place in the Christian Bible
The apocalypse and spiritual life
The key to the meaning of history
Apocalyptic fervor in the late Middle Ages
Luther, radicals, and Roman Catholics
Revelation takes musical form
Revelation in African American culture
The apocalypse and social progress
Awaiting in the end in 1844 and beyond
Rapture, tribulation, and Armageddon
The modern apocalyptic Renaissance.