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Abstract: An apocalypse is a revelation of heavenly mysteries and/or the eschatological future, typically involving the judgment of the dead. The genre developed in Judaism in the second century B.C.E., but there may have been earlier Persian antecedents. It was adopted by Christians, notably in the book of Revelation, and flourished down to the Middle Ages. βΈ™
Title:
Apocalypse
Author:
John J. Collins
Vocabulary for the Study of Religion Online
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004249707_vsr_COM_00000136
Language:
English
First-online:
06 Jan 2016
Last-update:
16 Sep 2014
Online ISSN:
9789004249707
Publisher:
Brill

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