Yet I can\u2019t off hand think of a book or article that gives serious scholarly attention to the possibility that Revelation could have been written in the post-70 period by someone pretending<\/em> to be John the Apostle foreseeing the Neronian persecution, Rome becoming the new Babylon who destroyes Jerusalem and its temple, and declaring that Rome will be judged.<\/p>\n Any bibliographical suggestions along these lines?<\/p>\n As common as it is to encounter the statement that apocalyptic literature is characteristically pseudepigraphal, it seems equally common to hear that the Book of Revelation is an exception to this \u201crule,\u201d written by an individual in his own name, to churches that knew him. Has anyone explored the possibility that Revelation is not an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-6734284622568373772?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\")