Download or read book Climax of Prophecy written by Richard Bauckham and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1998-03-01 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Apocalypse of John is a work of immense importance and learning. Yet among the major works of early Christianity included in the New Testament it has received relatively little scholarly attention.This work is a significant contribution to remedying this neglect. The author examines the meticulous literary artistry, creative imagination, radical political critique and profound theology of the Apocalypse of John. It is a sustained enterprise to understand both the form and the message of the Apocalypse in its literary and historical contexts.An invaluable and illuminating work for students, scholars and ministers