{"product_id":"the-apocalypse-9780811214469","title":"The Apocalypse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Apocalypse\u003c\/em\u003e (1st-2nd century, C.E.), also known as \u003cem\u003eRevelations\u003c\/em\u003e, is attributed to John of Patmos. A succession of angels reveals that God will intervene decisively in the present evil age and reward his long-suffering elect. Reflecting the Romans' oppression of Christians and Jews, and influenced by the apocalyptic writings of the Old Testament's Book of Daniel, \u003cem\u003eThe Apocalypse\u003c\/em\u003e is the great epic poetic work of the New Testament. As the translator Willis Barnstone puts it, \"Like the Book of Job, the Apocalypse is an extended poem, as densely poetic as Blake's \u003cem\u003eJerusalem\u003c\/em\u003e, Whitman's \u003cem\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003c\/em\u003e, or Gerard Manley Hopkins's \u003cem\u003eThe Wreck of the Deutschland\u003c\/em\u003e. It is rendered in blank verse, remarkably translated by Willis Barnstone, the distinguished scholar, translator, and poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarnstone, Willis:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eWillis Barnstone\u003c\/strong\u003e, professor, poet, and scholar, is the author of eighty volumes, including \u003cem\u003eThe Restored New Testament\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Gnostic Bible\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Poems of Jesus Christ\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Poetics of Translation\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eMexico in My Heart: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Oakland, California, and Paris.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328662507794,"sku":"9780811214469","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fcc9db61-30b9-46b4-9467-157f44345f9b.jpg?v=1727747185","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-apocalypse-9780811214469","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}