• total, in the sense that it is to utterly transform life on earth, so that the new dispensation will be no mere improvement on the present but perfection itself; • miraculous, in the sense that it is to be accomplished by, or with the help of, supernatural agencies. (Cohn 1970, 15) Cohn’s definition is more or less the same as is found in apocalypses, with a couple of qualifications. There are apocalypses in which salvation is less collective than individual. The best example is the Apocalypse