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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly  Elaine Pagels on the Book of Revelation

A scholar says the New Testament's final book should be understood as war literature. Details

 

Program: Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly

Episode: Elaine Pagels on the Book of Revelation

Biblical scholar Elaine Pagels calls the Book of Revelation the "strangest" and "least understood" book in the Bible. "It's as though you take all of your nightmares about plague or destruction or war or torture or natural catastrophe, and you just wrap it into a huge single nightmare, and you get the Book of Revelation."

Duration: (7:16)
Premiere Date: 02/24/2012
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: NR


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