Offers a grammatical explanation to the peculiarity of the language of the Apocalypse (or Book of Revelation).

Steven Thompson is a Senior Lecturer in Theology at Avondale College, New South Wales. His research interests include the special nature of the language of the ancient Greek apocalypses. He is also researching the social history of wine and drinking in the Graeco-Roman world. For further details, see Steven Thompson's entry in the Register of Australian Drug and Alcohol Research, database ID 843 (www.radar.org.au).

Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Historical survey of linguistic observations; 1. Textual considerations; 2. Semitic influence on verbal syntax; 3. Semitic influence on the clause in the apocalypse; 4. Conclusion; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Indices.