Editing New Testament (section)

===Book of Revelation===
{{Further|Authorship of the Johannine works}}
The final book of the New Testament is the [[Book of Revelation]], also known as the Apocalypse of John. In the New Testament canon, it is considered [[Bible prophecy|prophetical]] or [[apocalyptic literature]]. Its authorship has been attributed either to John the Apostle (in which case it is often thought that John the Apostle is [[John the Evangelist]], i.e. author of the [[Gospel of John]]) or to another John designated "[[John of Patmos]]" after the island where the text says the revelation was received (1:9). Some ascribe the writership date as {{circa|lk=no|81–96}} AD, and others at around 68 AD.<ref name="Mounce">[[Robert Mounce|Mounce, Robert]] (1998). [https://books.google.com/books?id=06VR1JzzLNsC&pg=PA15 ''The Book of Revelation''] (revised ed.). The New International Commentary on the New Testament Series. Cambridge, UK: Eerdmans. pp. 15–16. {{ISBN|0-8028-2537-0}}.</ref> The work opens with letters to [[Seven churches of Asia|seven local congregations of Asia Minor]] and thereafter takes the form of an [[apocalypse]], a "revealing" of divine prophecy and mysteries, a literary genre popular in ancient Judaism and Christianity.<ref>For a detailed study of the Apocalypse of John, see Aune, David E. (1998). ''Revelation'', 3 volumes. Word Biblical Commentary series. Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson.</ref>