---
title: "Revelation — A Book for Its Time"
description: "Marty Solomon and Brent Billings prepare for a journey through the book of Revelation, remembering the function and method of apocalyptic literature and trying to remove the “crazy” from the study."
canonical: https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/174
published: 2020-06-25
---

# Revelation — A Book for Its Time

A Retelling of Apocalyptic Literature

- Published: 2020-06-25T08:00:00.000Z
- Episode slug: `174`
- Episode number: 174
- Session: 4
- People: Marty Solomon, Brent Billings

## Description

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings prepare for a journey through the book of Revelation, remembering the function and method of apocalyptic literature and trying to remove the “crazy” from the study.

## Show notes

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings prepare for a journey through the book of Revelation, remembering the function and method of apocalyptic literature and trying to remove the “crazy” from the study. Discussion Video for BEMA 174 BEMA 68: Zechariah — Apocalyptic Literature Christ and the Caesars by Ethelbert Stauffer The Christians: Their First Two Thousand Years — A Pinch of Incense by the Christian History Project The Seven Cities of the Apocalypse and Roman Culture by Roland H. Worth, Jr. The Seven Cities of the Apocalypse and Greco-Asian Culture by Roland H. Worth, Jr. Imperial Cult and Commerce in John’s Apocalypse by J. Nelson Kraybill The Letters to the Seven Churches by William M. Ramsay The Days of Vengeance by David Chilton The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era by James S. Jeffers Transcript for BEMA 174

## Sources and machine-readable records

- [BEMA Podcast Explorer episode page](https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/174)
- [Official BEMA source page](https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/174)
- [Episode JSON](https://api.bema.jpamorgan.com/v1/episodes/174)
- [Audio](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7d8cc2be-fe66-43fb-ada4-e62e2f8c00e7/be28645d-d0cf-47a4-97be-23b6b476fdfa.mp3)
- [Official transcript source](https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTT7iMGb3M90a0UjoKce271WKeagIIPC66uTd2SK6Bmx_i5841xgRjPCkkC3EPo4KxKhbVJzgO2ZEvm/pub)
- [Transcript JSON](https://api.bema.jpamorgan.com/v1/transcripts/174)