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Interpreting Apocalyptic Literature: An Exegetical Handbook is unavailable, but you can change that!

At one time, Old Testament apocalyptic literature was relegated to the more obscure reaches of biblical scholarship, acceptable to occasionally refer to, but too thorny to delve into deeply. However, in recent decades it has moved to the forefront of research. The rich veins of insight to be mined in the book of Daniel and other apocalyptic texts are being rediscovered. Richard A. Taylor has...

the peoples shall be troubled, and the stars shall fall (4 Ezra 5:4–5). Many other signs of the end-time crisis are also mentioned in 4 Ezra, including retrieval of fish from the Dead Sea, widespread chaos, frequent and unexpected fires, wild beasts roaming freely, women giving birth to monsters, salt waters appearing unexpectedly in fresh-water sources, friends warring against friends, an absence of reason and wisdom, and unbounded increase in evil (4 Ezra 5:7–9). Many of the Old Testament writers
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