Identify four defining characteristics of apocalyptic literature as they apply to Revelation.
Identify the blessings with which the book of Revelation opens.
Identify the warnings with which the book of Revelation concludes, and offer reasons why these may have been included.
Where was Patmos and what is its importance to our understanding of the circumstances under which the visions in Revelation were received?
Who was Domitian and why do we need to know about him when studying Revelation?
What does it mean to call Revelation an eschatological book?
Identify the structural principles that John uses to organize the material in Revelation?
Explain some of the stylistic as well as thematic reasons that Revelation is a fitting close to the Bible.
Comment on the Romans’ perspective on the first-century Christians.
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