This summary of the book of Revelation provides information
about the title, author(s), date of writing, chronology, theme,
theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the
Book of Revelation. Four times the author identifies himself as
John (1:1,4,9; 22:8). From as early as Justin Martyr in the
second century a.d. it has been held that this John was the
apostle, the son of Zebedee (see Mt 10:2). The book itself
reveals that the author was a Jew, well versed in Scripture, a
church leader who was well known to the seven churches of Asia
Minor, and a deeply religious person fully convinced that the
Christian faith would soon triumph over the demonic forces at
work in the world. In the third century, however, an African
bishop named Dionysius compared the language, style and thought
of the Apocalypse (Revelation) with that of the other writings
of John and decided that the book could not have been written by
the apostle John. He suggested that the author was a certain
John the Presbyter, whose name a