page_title: Book of Revelation
section_title: Composition and setting
hierarchical_section_title: Book of Revelation / Composition and setting
caption_attribution_description: Front of a two-sided painting. For the reverse, see File:Jheronimus Bosch Scenes from the Passion (full).jpg.
context_page_description: The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament, and consequently is also the final book of the Christian Bible. Its title is derived from the first word of the Koine Greek text: apokalypsis, meaning "unveiling" or "revelation". The Book of Revelation is the only apocalyptic document in the New Testament canon. Thus, it occupies a central place in Christian eschatology.
  The author names himself as "John" in the text, but his precise identity remains a point of academic debate. Second-century Christian writers such as Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Melito, Clement of Alexandria, and the author of the Muratorian fragment identify John the Apostle as the "John" of Revelation. Modern scholarship generally takes a different view, with many considering that nothing can be known about the author except that he was a Christian prophet. Some modern scholars characterize Revelation's author as a putative figure whom they call "John of Patmos". The bulk of traditional sources date the book to the reign of the Roman emperor Domitian, which evidence tends to confirm.
  The book spans three literary genres: the epistolary, the apocalyptic, and the prophetic.
caption: St. John the Evangelist on Patmos by Hieronymous Bosch, circa 1489
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