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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 212 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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REVELATION, BOOK OF

REVELATION, See also:
BOOK
BOOK OF , in the See also:

Bible, the last book of the New Testament. See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

Title.—According to the best authorities a CA (in the subscription) 2, 8, 82, 93, the title of this book is awoKaXv4ies 'Iwavvov. Some cursives (1, 14, 17, 25, 28, 31, 38, 51, 90, 91, 94, 97) read Or. (+ TOO aylov 1, 25, 28, 31, 38, 51, 90, 94) 'Iwavvov rob' BeoXbyov; Q and 12, 61r. 'I. Tel, OeoX. Kai evayyeXiorov; P and 42, i) aW. TOv alrOQTbXOV 'I. Kai ebayyeXlo-vov (The word " See also:

apocalypse " gives the current title not only to this book, but to a large See also:

BODY

body of Jewish and See also:

Christian writings. This is one of the first instances of its use in this sense in existing literature. An earlier use is probably to be found in the title of the See also:

SYRIAC

Syriac Apocalypse of See also:

BARUCH

Baruch, which =ypa4 T;7s leroKaX6bews roil' Oa pobx viov Tel) Nnplate The title is different from what the New Testa-went use of the See also:

TERM

term would have led us to expect, i.e. 'A1roK&AvtPcs 'IiQov, which are indeed the opening words of this book.

Withthe latter phrase we might compare Gal. i. 12, where we have auroKaXisliews'Incrov"Xpivrov, " revelation from Jesus See also:

Christ." For the book is a revelation made by Gcd to Jesus Christ, who through His See also:

ANGEL

angel made it known to See also:

John for transmission to the churches. Instead of this the See also:

Church substituted the name of the See also:

DISCIPLE

disciple through whom the See also:

MESSAGE (a word occurring in slightly different forms in several languages, e.g. Fr. message, Span. mensaje, Ital. messagio; adapted from the Low Lat. missaticum, from mittere)

message was delivered for that of his See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

Master, and designated our Apocalypse " The Apocalypse of John." This title was See also:

FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar before the end of the 2nd See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century.

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