The New Testament book of Revelation is a primary scriptural text, carrying no publication year, consistent with how a primary text of this age is dated here, since it is cited on the same footing as other individual New Testament books. Its strength is that it is the actual source of its own claims, including the sixth angel drying up the Euphrates in chapter 16 and its own opening claim that its author was in exile on Patmos. Its limit is the ordinary one for any ancient scriptural text used as a historical or geographical source: it is a religious and apocalyptic composition, not a work of history or geography, even where it names real places.
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Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The New Testament book of Revelation is a primary scriptural text, the top tier reflecting that it is the actual source of its own claims, including the sixth angel drying up the Euphrates and its own opening claim of authorship from exile on Patmos, notwithstanding that as a religious and apocalyptic composition it is not a work of history or geography even where it names real places. NotesCatalogued on the same footing as other per-book New Testament sources (compare The New Testament, 2 Peter). Revelation 16:12 has the sixth angel dry up the Euphrates to prepare the way for the kings from the east; the book's own opening places its author in exile on Patmos. Use for the Euphrates fact's end-times clause and the Aegean Sea fact's Patmos clause.
Citation
AuthorTraditionally attributed to John of Patmos
Source Typeprimary-scripture
Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)
This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
- Articles, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.
- Bodies of Water, 2 claims: 2 general references.
- Numbers, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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