Nick Frederick has a gift for sharing thought-provoking insights about familiar topics. In Episode 92, we discussed intertextuality in the Book of Mormon. This time around we discuss the Book of Revelation, perhaps one of the most neglected books in our contemporary Latter-day Saint lexicon.



Lesson manuals usually refer to verses that encapsulate concepts or convey warm feelings about the gospel; the Book of Revelation defies this picking and choosing and demands a treatment that looks at the whole picture. But let’s admit it, wading through its ancient imagery is difficult.



Lucky for us, Dr. Frederick has done the heavy lifting and shares his insights on both the beautiful metaphors contained within the book and how Joseph Smith used this New Testament book to frame Restoration concepts.



Please join me as we dive for hidden treasures in the Book of Revelation.



About Our Guest:



Nicholas J. Frederick served a mission in Brussels, Belgium, then attended BYU where he received his BA in classics and his MA in comparative studies. He then attended Claremont Graduate University, where he completed a PhD in the history of Christianity with an emphasis in Mormon studies, after which he returned to work at BYU. His research focuses primarily on the intertextual relationship between the text of the Bible and Mormon scripture.  He enjoys teaching courses on the Book of Mormon and the New Testament, particularly the writings of Paul and the Book of Revelation.



*Dr. Frederick is indebted to the scholarship of Craig R. Koester, author of the Anchor Bible Commentary on the book of Revelation, as well as the shorter (and cheaper—so everyone should buy it) book Revelation and the End of All Things. 



Extra Resources:



 Episode 114 Transcript



"The New Testament in the Doctrine and Covenants" in the New Testament: History, Culture, and Society



"The Paradoxical Lamb and the Christology of John's Apocalypse" in Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God (Sperry Symposium 2018)











LDS Perspectives Podcast



Episode 114: The Book of Revelation with Nicholas J. Frederick*



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Some grammar elements and wording have been modified for clarity.



Introduction:              Nick Frederick has a gift for sharing
thought-provoking insights about familiar topics. In Episode 92, we discussed
intertextuality in the Book of Mormon. This time around, we discuss the book of
Revelation, perhaps one of the most neglected books in our contemporary
Latter-day Saint lexicon.



                                    Lesson manuals usually refer to
verses that encapsulate concepts or convey warm feelings about the gospel; the book
of Revelation defies this picking and choosing and demands a treatment that
looks at the whole picture. But let’s admit it, wading through its ancient
imagery is difficult.



                                    Lucky for us, Dr. Frederick has done
the heavy lifting and shares his insights on both the beautiful metaphors
contained within the book and how Joseph Smith used this New Testament book to
frame Restoration concepts.



                                    Please join me as we dive for hidden
treasures in the book of Revelation.



Laura Hales:               This is Laura Harris Hales, and I am
pleased to be here today again with Nick Frederick, one of my favorite people
to interview and talk to about biblical studies. We’re going to talk today
about the book of Revelation (no “s”) in the New Testament and Latter-day Saint
scripture. Nick, what have you been doing since the last time I interviewed you?



Nick Frederick:           I
have been teaching here at BYU, working on my regular stuff, looking at the
connections between the Book of Mormon and the Bible and the Doctrine and
Covenants and the Bible. I have also been working on a paper on the Daughter of
Jared from Ether 8, writing a couple of papers on D&C 93 (that’ll be coming