Apocalypse Recalled: The Book of Revelation after Christendom

From: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly | Date: July 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

HARRY O. MAIER, Apocalypse Recalled: The Book of Revelation after Christendom

(Minneapolis: Fortress, 2002). Pp. xvi + 271. Paper $18.

In this work, Harry Maier seeks to "recall" the Apocalypse to the attention of modern Christians. He writes that the Book of Revelation "is not only worth studying in depth but, more importantly, that it forms an indispensable resource for helping first-world Christians conceive their place in the contemporary world . . ." (p. x). M. takes a literary-critical approach to the text, one that is both interpretative and self-reflective. He makes the aim of his ...

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