Apocalypses in Context, 2nd Edition: Apocalyptic Currents through History

Kelly J. Murphy is a professor in the Department of Philosophy, Anthropology, and Religion at Central Michigan University, where she teaches courses on the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. She is the author of Rewriting Masculinity: Gideon, Men, and Might (Oxford University Press, 2019) and a coeditor of Biblical Themes in Science Fiction (SBL, 2023).

Justin Jeffcoat Schedtler is an associate professor of religion at Wartburg College (Waverly, Iowa), where he teaches courses in Greek and the New Testament. His publications on the book of Revelation include A Heavenly Chorus: The Dramatic Function of Revelation's Hymns (Mohr Siebeck, 2014) and Royal Ideologies in Revelation (Cambridge University Press, 2023).

Apocalypses in Context offers an accessible introduction to apocalyptic literature, as well as its reception and its aftereffects. The range of topics covered and the essay styles are ideal for undergraduates and anyone interested in knowing more about the persistence of end-times thinking. --Lynn R. Huber, Maude Sharpe Powell Professor of Religious Studies, Elon University, and author of Revelation in the Wisdom Commentary series

Apocalypses in Context is truly a one-stop shop for professors of religious studies, history, literature, political science, or sociology who want to teach a course on the pervasiveness of apocalypticism in Western culture, all the way from prehistory to last week. --Sara Parks, assistant professor of religious studies, St. Francis Xavier University, and author of Gender in the Rhetoric of Jesus