"REVELATION REVEALED"
Dr. Rambo's Recommended Reading List

A list and brief description of books researched for the "REVELATION REVEALED" sermon series:

Bauckham, Richard. The Theology of the Book of Revelation. New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993. This book is one of the best anywhere on the writing and interpretation of Revelation. I highly recommend it.
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Boring, M. Eugene. Revelation, Interpretation Commentary Series. Louisville : John Knox Press, 1989. This volume is part of a commentary series for preachers, teachers, and serious students. It is one of the best single volumes on Revelation I have found.
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Dawn, Marva J. Joy in Our Weakness: A Gift of Hope from the Book of Revelation. Grand Rapids : William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2002. This book draws attention to the reality of evil and the hope in God that transcends evil.
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Efird, James. Revelation for Today. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1989. This is a brief but excellent volume on Revelation and its meaning.
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Hill, Craig C. In God's Time: The Bible and the Future Grand Rapids : William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2002. This book gives good insight into how "end-time" thinking has developed in religion and popular culture.
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Koester, Craig R. Revelation and the End of All Things. Grand Rapids : William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2001. This is perhaps the best "non- technical" book on Revelation I have found. It gives a fair and balanced view to the differing interpretations of the book, while suggesting the most reliable one.
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LaHaye, Tim. Revelation Unveiled. Grand Rapids : Zondervan, 1999. This book, like Hal Lindsey's The Late Great Planet Earth , capture the "premillenial" views of John Nelson Darby and his influential interpretation of Revelation.
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Lindsey, Hal. The Late Great Planet Earth. Grand Rapids : Zondervan, 1970. This classic book is credited with the revival of "Darbyism" in the latter part of the 20 th century. Like Tim LaHaye's Revelation Unveiled , it reflects the views of John Nelson Darby that Revelation is a prophetic time-line of the future.
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Metzger, Bruce M. Breaking the Code: Understanding the Book of Revelation. Nashville : Abingdon Press, 1993. A concise, easy-to-read volume that eliminates some of the confusion and mystery of Revelation's images.
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Rossing, Barbara R. The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation. Boulder, Colorado : Westview Press, 2004. This book challenges the theology of "the Rapture" and reveals some of the more insidious consequences of "Rapture theology" that people seldom consider. The author then interprets Revelation in light of its context.
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