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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...

as it envisages eschatological salvation, and spatial, insofar as it involves another, supernatural world.23 This definition summarizes well the form and content of an apocalypse. Missing from this definition, however, is anything that clarifies the purpose of such writings. The definition was subsequently amended to include the following clarification regarding purpose. [An apocalypse is] intended to interpret present, earthly circumstances in light of the supernatural world and of the future, and
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