none of the Gospels can be called an apocalyptic work. Moreover, if Jesus preached a single calendar of the last things, it is difficult to explain the variety of apocalyptic expectations in the movement that he founded. Finally, to argue that his eschatology was a cipher for his own authority ignores the emphasis on the kingdom itself, rather than on his personal identity, in Jesus’ preaching. The argument also leaves us with an anomaly: a conception of time that proves faulty is a curious advertisement