How to Re-Read the Book of Revelation

When I heard that Elaine Pagels, world-renowned scholar of New Testament and the history of the Early Church, had written on the Book of Revelation I was intrigued. The conflict of generations—whether WWII, the Civil War, or contemporary culture war—is seen through the lens of this controversial text, and its language has been perpetually available for those who would demonize their enemies. 

But what Pagels demonstrates in her newest book, Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation, is that history matters, as does interpretation: who is the empire John is speaking against? Who is Babylon? And, for that matter, who was John?

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