Of Angels, Beasts, and Plagues: The Message of Revelation for a New Millennium

by Kenneth H. Maahs

moderate shelf wear

317 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Dr. Maahs holds the Abram Clemens Chair of Biblical Studies at Eastern University, where he has taught for 35 years. He is the author of two books: Of Angels, Beasts and Plagues: The Message of Revelation for a New Millennium (Judson, 1999) and The John You Never Knew: Decoding the Fourth Gospel (Peter Lang, 2006).

He holds the Lindback Award for excellence in teaching and has been the interim pastor of twelve churches. For the last six years, he has served as the pastor of Freedom Church in Royersford, PA.

He, his wife, son and other children (Beau, a Poodle and Joey, a Bichon Frise) reside in King of Prussia, PA., where the family has lived for over thirty years. They are members of Upper Merion Baptist Church. Professor Maahs is the founder of the “Pilgrimage to the Holy Land Program” for Eastern University which he began leading in 1990.

Reviews

[CrystalIsReading on StoryGraph · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had the author as my professor in college (and advisor). This is a very thorough book on the book of Revelation in the Bible. It's hard to separate contentin my memory of his class vs his book, but I know he was very thorough covering the various perspectives of interpreting the book in the Christian community. I would look it up now, but my ex-husband kept my copy of the book. I want to buy another copy and ask Dr Maahs to sign it. He did say he liked my paper for his Daniel and Revelation class so much he wanted to incorporate parts of it in his next edition...

[Nancy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was privileged to be part of a class Dr. Maahs taught for seven weeks on a cruise ship. Not one person dropped out of the class during the seven weeks although it was a totally optional activity. I bought the book and have used it to teach a series of lessons on Revelation to my Sunday School class. No one has learned as much as I have. I highly recommend this book to anyone wishing a scholarly, factual study of the Book of Revelation. One learns the historical context and symbolism involved in each chapter. I had not realized the Book of Revelation was part of a genre called apocalyptic literature. This is a report of a vision of the end times, common in Biblical days but unheard of now. Revelation in the New Testament and the Book of Daniel in the Old Testament are the two books of this genre in the Bible. I am hoping Dr. Maahs will publish his book on Daniel!