The Revelation of John, Field Notes from the Edge of the Abyss

Abstract

The thesis is in book format and offers the original Greek of the Book of Revelation on the verso and the author's translation on the recto. Each chapter is followed by notes explaining the author's translation choices that have interpretative and theological implications and by questions designed to stimulate discussion. The introduction offers the reader information about the original context and reception history of the text, comments on the author's own engagement with the text, and gives some examples of the text's enduring influence on contemporary culture and politics. The author pushes back against a hermeneutic of premillennial dispensationalism in favor of a post-modern deconstruction of the text. The artwork and design of the book are designed to demonstrate how the repeated patterns and motifs of Revelation have manifested themselves throughout the ages right up to the present.