I numeri nell’Apocalisse di Giovanni e il loro linguaggio

The basic symbolic numbers in the book of Revelation are number 7 and 12, but number 3, 4 and 10 also have some relevance in it. All these numbers are here reviewed first in relationship to God and the Christ, and then the Triad, i.e., the Dragon, the Beast coming from the sea and the Beast coming from the land. This survey shows how numbers describe sometimes the identity of the main characters in Revelation and other times their way of behaving and acting. Besides, the numbers in Revelation can be harmonised into a unitary and coherent system, which helps us not to decipher, as many have attempted to do, but in some measure to understand the number 666 of 13,18, the most mysterious and famous number not only of Revelation but also of universal literature.