Web Sites

Revelation, Apocalyptic & Millennial Websites and Materials (New URL)
By Felix Just, S.J.: excellent material on all things connected with Revelation -- the text, commentaries, books, courses, articles and more. This is the place to begin one's internet research on the Apocalypse.

Art and Images related to the Book of Revelation (New URL)
By Felix Just, S.J.: valuable, comprehensive listing of art related to Revelation available on the internet.

Frontline: Apocalypse!
A fine, professional web site from the American PBS television company, designed to accompany the programme of the same name. Features extensive materials on Revelation including an article by Michael White, interviews with scholars (Paula Fredriksen, James Tabor, Adela Yarbro Collins, John Collins etc.), video clips and more. Like the similar site from PBS, From Jesus to Christ, this site is strongly recommended.

Apocalypse Then, Apocalypse Now
"The Book of Revelation from Rome To Waco" by Robert M. Royalty: an excellent site with original content from courses taught at Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Center for Anglican Life and Learning in 1997, and Wabash College in 1999. Ideal for anyone looking into the history of interpretation of the Apocalypse.

The Text This Week: Revelation
Extensive listing of resources on Revelation from Jenee Woodard's ever-useful Text This Week.

The Apocalypse of John
Resources for the Study and Appreciation of Revelation by Loren L. Johns: a nicely-presented compendium of the best links available for the study of Revelation. See too The Lamb in the Rhetorical Program of the Apocalypse of John, an article by Johns.

Cities of Revelation
By Craig Koester: nicely illustrated web tour around the seven cities of Revelation 2-3. Well designed, clear and ideal for those beginning their study of Revelation.

Introductory and General

Mitchell G. Reddish, “Revelation: Introduction”, Introduction to Revelation (Smyth and Helwys Bible Commentary: Macon, GA: Smyth & Helwys, 2001), reproduced on the Smyth & Helwys website. (New)

C. Van Den Biesen, “Apocalypse”, Catholic Encyclopaedia (1911)

Robert M. Grant, “The Book of Revelation”, Chapter 15 in A Historical Introduction to the New Testament (New York: Harper & Row, 1963), reproduced on Religion-Online. (New URL)

Richard Heard, “The Study of Revelation”, Chapter 24 in An Introduction to the New Testament (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950), reproduced on Religion-Online. See also: Chapter 25: The Revelation of John and Chapter 26: The Place of Apocalyptic in the Teaching of Jesus and of the Early Church. (New URL)

Barry D. Smith, “The Book of Revelation”, an element among the on-line course materials for The New Testament and Its Context at Atlantic Baptist University.

Articles & Reviews

J. Lambrecht, “The Opening of the Seals (Rev 6.1--8.6)”, Biblica 79 (1998), pp. 198-221

J. Lambrecht, “Final Judgments and Ultimate Blessings: The Climactic Visions of Revelation 20.11-21,8”, Biblica 81 (2000), pp. 362-385

Stephen Moyise, “‘Does the Lion Lie down with the Lamb?’” in Stephen Moyise (ed.), Studies in the Book of Revelation (Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 2001), pp. 181-194

Stephen Moyise, “The Use of Scripture in Revelation 2-3”, in Stephen Moyise, The Old Testament in the Book of Revelation (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1985), pp. 24-44

Stephen Moyise, “Revelation and Intertextuality” in Stephen Moyise, The Old Testament in the Book of Revelation (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1985), pp. 108-38

Stephen Moyise, “Epilogue” in Stephen Moyise, The Old Testament in the Book of Revelation (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1985), pp. 139-46

Stephen Moyise, “Does the Author of Revelation Misappropriate the Scriptures?” in AUSS 40 (2002), pp. 3-21

Stephen Moyise, “Authorial Intention and the Book of Revelation”, AUSS 39 (2001), pp. 35-40 

Stephen Moyise, “Intertextuality and the Book of Revelation”, Expository Times 104 (1993), pp. 295-8

Floyd O. Parker, Jr., “‘Our Lord and God’ in Rev 4,11: Evidence for the Late Date of Revelation?”, Biblica 82 (2001), pp. 207-231

Tina Pippin, “The Heroine and the Whore: Fantasy and the Female in the Apocalypse of John”, Semeia 60 (1992), pp. 67-82

Caroline Vander Stichele, “Just a Whore: The Annihilation of Babylon According to Revelation 17:16”, Lectior Difficilior 1 (2000)

The Other Number of the Beast: 616
From the POxy On-Line web site, a short anonymous article, with image, of the recently published papyrus fragment of Revelation giving the number of the beast as 616.

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