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Apocalyptic literature evokes an imaginative world that is set in deliberate counterpoint to the experiential world of the present. Apocalypticism thrives especially in times of crisis, and it functions by offering a resolution of the relevant crisis, not in practical terms but in terms of imagination and faith. The Apocalyptic Imagination by John Collins is one of the most widely praised...

Angels are simply “men” at 9:21; 10:5; 12:6, 7. (Compare the symbolism of the Animal Apocalypse, where men represent angels or humans transformed to an angelic state.) Furthermore, the adaptation and reinterpretation of the “Son of Man” figure through the New Testament period is invariably in the individual sense.63 In 1 Enoch 46:1 the “Son of Man” has the appearance of a man, and his face is full of graciousness like one of the holy angels. In the New Testament the Son of Man is repeatedly associated
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