St John and the Apocalypse

Cyril C. Martindale gives a readable and credible presentation of the Book of Revelation also known as the Apocalypse. His main focus is on the images that John portrays and how they relate to Old Testament allegories and the persecutions that christians were undergoing at that time and would undergo in the future. His analysis begins with comparisons to the Book of Daniel and the Maccabees 1 and 2, but he also brings in many of the Old Testament prophets. He includes some of the analysis of the early church fathers.

This is a tempered view of the book emphasizing the milieu of first century christianity.