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<\/iframe>\n<\/p><p>The last class topic of the semester, this lecture begins with a bit of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/07\/after-the-exile-the-transition-from-pre-exilic-judah-and-israel-to-post-exilic-judaism.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">background<\/a> about apocalyptic literature such as the Book of Daniel, covers general points about the Book of Revelation, and then tackles the number of the Beast, mentioning some prior proposed identifications both frivolous and serious.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last class topic of the semester, this lecture begins with a bit of background about apocalyptic literature such as the Book of Daniel, covers general points about the Book of Revelation, and then tackles the number of the Beast, mentioning some prior proposed identifications both frivolous and serious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,81],"tags":[704,2414,6433,9642,10293],"class_list":["post-11063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daniel","category-revelation-bible","tag-apocalyptic","tag-daniel","tag-lecture","tag-prophecy","tag-revelation"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Lecture on the Book of Revelation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The last class topic of the semester, this lecture begins with a bit of background about apocalyptic literature such as the Book of Daniel, covers general\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/12\/lecture-on-the-book-of-revelation.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lecture on the Book of Revelation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The last class topic of the semester, this lecture begins with a bit of background about apocalyptic literature such as the Book of Daniel, covers general\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/12\/lecture-on-the-book-of-revelation.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. 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