Martin Luther? The Book of Revelation? How could this episode NOT be good? Tune in to explore not only Luther's relationship to a book that has long fascinated people, but the development of the apocalyptic tenor to Luther's thought and the shift of attitude that he had toward this book.

Shownotes:

*The works from Luther referred to in the episode can be found in volumes 2, 9, 13, 35, 44, 54 of Luther's Works.

*The commentary on Revelation by Richard Bauckham I referred to is The Theology of the Book of Revelation (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993)

*The works from Scott H. Hendrix referred to are his article “Luther Against the Backdrop of the History of Biblical Interpretation”, from the journal Interpretation volume 37 (1983)and his book Luther and the Papacy: Stages in a Reformation Conflict. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1981.

*The quote from Oswald Bayer on Luther's increasing apocalyptic outlooks is from page 332 of Martin Luther’s Theology: A Contemporary Interpretation. Translated by Thomas H. Trapp. Grand Rapids, MI/Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2008. 

*The quote from Heinrich Bornkhamm on Luther's New Testament prefaces comes from page 83 of his book Luther in Mid-Career. Translated by E. Theodore Bachmann. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1983. 

*The description of "Historicism" offered by Timothy P. Weber comes from page 366 of the The Oxford Handbook of Eschatology. (Oxford University Press, 2008).

*The Revelation commentary we referred to by Robert Mounce is The Book of Revelation (The New International Commentary on the New Testament), Revised Edition. Grand Rapids, MI/Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1998.

*The quote from E. Randolph Daniel on Joachim of Fiore is from page 78 of the book The Apocalypse in the Middle Ages.(Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1992)

*The quote  from Philip D.W. Krey is from the book The Last Things: Biblical and Theological Perspectives on Eschatology. Grand Rapids, MI/Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2002.

*The quote on the nuance in Luther's use allegory from Erik Herrmann comes from his dissertation “’Why the Law?’ Salvation History and the Law in Martin Luther’s Interpretation of Galatians 1513-1522”,  Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

*Some of the general information on Luther's attitude toward the Ottoman-Turkish empire comes from Adam Francisco's book Martin Luther and Islam: A Study in Sixteenth-Century Polemics and Apologetics (Brill, 2007).