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The richly varied collection of fifteen essays in this volume showcase the afterlife of the book of Revelation. It is a biblical book that has left its mark in many fields of intellectual endeavor: literature, film, music, philosophy, political theology, and religious ideology. It is perhaps paradoxical that this book, which promises God’s punishment upon anyone expanding on its contents, has nevertheless accumulated to itself over two millennia vast amounts of commentary, exposition, and appropriation.

Offered at the close of the “Blair/Bush years,” this volume also exposes and highlights the often deeply ironic resonances generated while studying the reception history of Revelation during a period when the book has both significant public currency and a potentially terrifying global impact.

William John Lyons is Senior Lecturer in Biblical Interpretation, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Bristol. Jorunn Økland is Professor of Interdisciplinary Gender Studies, Centre for Gender Studies, University of Oslo.