RT Article T1 Die Bildersprache der Johannesapokalypse: Ferdinand Hahn zum 75. Geburtstag JF Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche VO 98 IS 2 SP 161 OP 185 A1 Frey, Jörg 1962- LA German YR 2001 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/178462425X AB Revelation is a 'picture book.' This explains its enormous influence in the field of art, but also explains how difficult it is to interpret. In this article, the author discusses several approaches to the language of imagery, the origin of the images, their literary structure and their connection to one another as well as the specific rhetorical impact of the sequence of images in Revelation.