BIB 407 - Revelation, Eschatology, and the End of the World

Credit Hours: 3

An exegetical, historical, and theological study of the Revelation (or Apocalypse) of John. Surveys apocalyptic texts in the Old Testament, the Intertestamental period, and the Gospels in order to provide an interpretive framework for reading the Revelation. Broadly considers the topic of eschatology (study of the end times) with emphasis on the 2nd Temple Jewish eschatology, early Christian eschatology, and contemporary understandings of the end of the world.