above. Especially the visions described in Isaiah 24–27; Ezekiel 1–3; 38–39; Joel; Daniel 7–12; and Zechariah exhibit some of the characteristics prominent in the genre of apocalyptic literature. As for extrabiblical apocalyptic, important Jewish apocalypses are 1 Enoch, the Book of Jubilees, 4 Ezra, the Assumption of Moses, 2 Baruch, the Apocalypse of Abraham, and the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs. Among Christian apocalypses are the Ascension of Isaiah (appended to the Jewish-Christian Martyrdom
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