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Joseph Trafton was concerned that much of the popular understanding of Revelation was based on traditions of interpretation and not on the book itself. Having done his masters thesis on Revelation, Trafton came to see how crucial it was to view the book in its historical and conceptual contexts. He reveals the Jewish thought-world that underlies the book and shows how the various sections of the...

This rather simple and indeed obvious approach to the composition of the book does not explain everything, however. Minimally, the first eight verses of the book—before John begins to recount his experience—must have been written after his experience. Furthermore, when he does recount his experience, the verbs are in the past (Greek aorist) tense: “I was … I was … I heard … I turned … I saw …” (1:9, 10, 12), indicating that John recorded the circumstances under which he received the revelation after
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