Some literary critics see a dramatic structure in Revelation that they trace to Greco-Roman dramatic form.33 Classical drama is a narrative poem designed for theatrical performance and narrated in the third-person that exhibits elements of plot, climax, and denouement.34 While the intricate arrangement of Revelation may look like the carefully constructed Greco-Roman plays, several elements contradict this analysis. First, drama is typically a third-person phenomenon.35 Revelation’s
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