Volume 1. Disc 1. Revelation and the Apocalyptic tradition ; Apocalyptic worldview in Judaism -- Disc 2. Apocalyptic dimension of early Christianity ; Origins of the Book of Revelation -- Disc 3. Issues facing Revelation's first readers ; God, the Lamb, and the Seven Seals -- Disc 4. Seven trumpets, temple, and celebration ; The dragon and the problem of evil -- Disc 5. The beasts and evil in the political sphere ; The harlot and the imperial economy -- Disc 6. The battle, the kingdom, and last judgment ; New creation and new Jerusalem.
Volume 2. Disc 7. Antichrist and the millennium ; Revelation's place in the Christian Bible -- Disc 8. The apocalypse and spiritual life ; The key to the meaning of history -- Disc 9. Apocalyptic fervor in the late Middle Ages ; Luther, Radicals, and Roman Catholics -- Disc 10. Revelation takes musical form ; Revelation in African American culture -- Disc 11. The Apocalypse and social progress ; Awaiting the end in 1844 and beyond -- Disc 12. Rapture, Tribulation, and Armageddon ; The modern apocalyptic renaissance.
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