A History of the End of the World

“Protoapocalypses”

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion (anti-Semitic forgery)

Protocols (Ford)

Pseudepigrapha (“false writings”)

Puritan colonists

The Pursuit of the Millennium (Cohn)

Qumran sect (Essenes)

Raimarus, Nicholas

Rapture

The Rapture (film)

Rauschenbusch, Walter

Reagan, Ronald

A Rebirth of Images (Farrer)

red dragon/pregnant woman symbolism

Revelation 10:9

Revelation: allusions to Hebrew Bible passages in; attitude toward women evident in; comparing the Gospels to; debate over canonization of; Google search hits on; Jewish roots evidenced in; linkage between Holocaust and; literature references to; medieval apocalyptic tradition and influence of; medieval church mosaic representation of; mysterious content and appeal of; night visions of; Reformation debate over; religious propaganda fueled by; as revenge fantasy; spiritual approach to reading; two witnesses vision in; villains and characters described in. See also End-times prophecies; New Testament

Revelation author: black-or-white morality/opposition of; characteristics evidenced about; claim of divine authorship by; debate over; discernments about the; earlier writings/ideas influencing; injustice feelings expressed by; John the Baptist as candidate for; John the Evangelist as; presbyter John as candidate for; theological origins evidenced by. See also John the Evangelist

Revelation symbolism: the beast; Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse; Great Whore of Babylon; opposition; woman (pregnant)/red dragon. See also Number symbolism

Richard the Lion-Hearted (King of England)

Robertson, Pat

Roberts, Oral

Robison, James

Rockefeller, John D., Jr.

Roman Catholic Church: apocalyptic revolution within; “the Babylonian Captivity” of; The Church Militant and Triumphant as; inquisitor actions against women of; medieval development of; Revelation used by Martin Luther against. See also Christianity

Roman Empire: decline and fall of the; Emperor worship in; end-times prophecy on rebuilding of; evidence in Revelation of author’s hatred for; Great Whore of Babylon symbol of; Maccabean Revolt against; New Testament authors’ treatment of; symbol of the spirit (or genius) of; various Jewish responses to

Rosenberg, David

Rosen, George

Rowley, H. H.

Russell, Charles Taze

Sabbath Age

Sacchi, Paolo

Satan: as Antichrist; battle in heaven between Michael and; bound by Christ; final battle between God and; Hebrew Bible characterization of; Revelation on nature of

Savonarola, Girolamo

Schoepflin, Rennie B.

Schweitzer, Albert

science fiction films

Scivias (Hildegard of Bingen)

Scofield, Cyrus R.

Scofield Reference Bible (1902)

Second Coming: dating the; Great Disappointment (nineteenth century) and; Jewish state established prior to; premillennialists and postmillennialists on the; Rapture of; signs of the; Tribulation prior to the. See also end-times prophecies; millennium

The Second Coming (Yeats)

Second Epistle to the Thessalonians

Second Great Awakening (nineteenth century)

Second World War

Seleucid dynasty

September 11, 2001

Septuagint (Greek Bible)

Seven symbolism

Seventh-day Adventists

The Seventh Seal (film)

Sexual conduct

Shakespeare, William

Shaw, George Bernard

The Shepherd of Hermas

Sibylline Oracles

Sibyl of Tivoli

Signs of the Times (Millerite periodical)

Simon Bar Kochba

Simony practice

666 alphanumeric code

Smith, Joseph

Social Gospel

Son of Man

Sontag, Susan

Soviet Union

Spirituals (Zealots)

Stein, Stephen J.

Steward, Lyman

Stewart, Milton

Stifel, Michael

Suetonius

Sulpicius

Surpassing Wonder: The Invention of the Bible and the Talmuds (Akenson)

Suskind, Ron

Sweet, Leonard

symbolism. See number symbolism; Revelation symbolism

Szittya, Penn

Tertullian