other intersecting ideological axis was constituted by a mythological complex that received its classic literary formulation in some of the so-called apocalyptic books” (2001: 74–75). Schwartz refers to his complex as “the apocalyptic myth.” It was not peculiar to Judaism. Both historical apocalypticism and otherworldly journeys are well attested in Persian tradition, and the otherworld journeys are found in both Greco-Roman and ancient Near Eastern sources. The present volume, however, is not concerned