Charts on the Book of Revelation : literary, historical, and theological perspectives

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Authorship of Revelation -- Date of Revelation -- Roman Empire in the late first century A.D. -- Time line of the first-century church in Asia -- Jewish and Christian apocalypses -- Literary genres of Revelation -- Chapter and verse counts with text set as poetry -- Words occurring only in Revelation (hapax legomena) -- Allusions and verbal parallels in the Old Testament and extrabiblical literature -- Structure of Revelation -- Identification of Christ with God in Revelation -- Divine names in Revelation -- Names for believers in Revelation -- Apocalyptic themes in Revelation, the synoptic gospels, and Pauline epistles -- Thematic parallels between Revelations and John -- Thematic parallels among Revelation, Jude, and 2 Peter -- Thematic parallels between Revelation and 4 Ezra -- Theme of victory in Revelation -- Theories of interpretation of Revelation -- Five senses in Revelation -- Minerals, gems, and other commodities in Revelation -- Symbols interpreted in Revelation -- Use of numbers in Revelation -- Symbolism of colors and numbers in Revelation -- Figures of speech in Revelation -- Doublets in Revelation -- Paired characters in Revelation -- Angels and demons in Revelation -- Seven beatitudes and their relationship to the coming/victor sayings -- Epithets of Jesus with Old and New Testament background -- Suggested divisions of the letters in Revelation 2-3 -- Structure of the seven letters in Revelation 2-3 -- An imperial edict compared to the letter to Ephesus -- Promise images in the seven letters with background in Jewish literature -- Promises with fulfillments and relationship to faithful works -- Rhetorical situation of the church in Revelation -- Wars and battles in Revelation -- Theories of the rapture from Revelation -- Heavenly throne-room vision with parallels in Daniel -- Four living creatures with background in Ezekiel and Isaiah -- Identification of the four living creatures with the gospels -- Hymns of Revelation -- Four horsemen of the apocalypse with background in Zechariah -- Seven seals and the apocalypses in the synoptic gospels -- Possible interrelationships among the seals, trumpets, and bowls -- Biblical lists of the twelve tribes of Israel -- Trumpet and bowl judgments compared to the Egyptian plagues -- Vice lists in Revelation correlated to the Ten Commandments -- Identification of the two witnesses -- Time periods of persecution -- Fall of Satan in Revelation -- Calculating the number of the beast (gematria) -- Two marks of Revelation -- Thematic parallels between the beast of revelation and the beasts of Daniel -- Portrait of the beast in Revelation -- Rise and demise of the evil trinity -- Worship of the emperor--the beast of Revelation 13:4 --contrasted with divine worship -- Four hode ("here") sayings of Revelation -- Paired angelic revelations in Revelation -- Historical identification of the seven emperors (Rev. 17:9-11) in relationship to the twelve Caesars -- Trading products of Revelation 18 in relationship to Tyre and Rome -- Last battle in Revelation -- Messiah as an eschatological judge -- Interpretations of the 1,000 years from Revelation 20:1-6 -- Lists of jewels in antiquity -- Paradise motifs in Revelation and the prophets -- Death and resurrection in Revelation 19-22 -- Architectural features of the New Jerusalem -- Literary parallels between Revelation's prologue and epilogue -- Benedictions in the New Testament -- Thematic parallels between Genesis 1-3 and Revelation -- Textual evidence for Revelation -- Canonical history of Revelation -- Seven churches today -- Map of Roman providence of Asia -- Map of imperial cult temples of Asia Minor -- Map of the myth of Nero Redivivus or Nero Redux -- Map of Rome : city of seven hills -- Map of trade in the Roman Empire.