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Revelation

  1. Lesson One
    The Letters of Revelation (Revelation 1–3)
    21 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  2. Lesson Two
    Symbolism (Revelation 4–13)
    21 Activities
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    3 Assessments
  3. Lesson Three
    New Creation (Revelation 14–22)
    17 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  4. Lesson Four
    Theology of Revelation
    19 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  5. Lesson Five
    Interpreting Revelation
    17 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment

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Revelation Interpreting Revelation In | The Genres of Revelation
Assessment 7 of 9

In | The Genres of Revelation

While many books of the Bible clearly belong to one literary genre or another, Revelation has characteristics of multiple genres and defies easy classification. The New Testament began with “Gospels,” and since then we’ve seen letters from multiple apostles and a type of early church history in the book of Acts. Revelation is a letter, as we’ve seen, but it is also a book of prophecy and an apocalyptic text.

Reference: Mark Wilson, Charts on the Book of Revelation, 2007, p. 20.

Identify each text or feature as being an aspect of one of the book’s three genres.