Schweitzer’s work was more famous than that of Weiss, but derivative in its content. It made “eschatology” and “apocalyptic” virtually synonymous: both words came to refer to cosmic catastrophe and final judgment at an appointed time in the future.6 In the interest of clarity, “eschatology” should refer to an anticipation of divine judgment, while “apocalyptic” should refer to the calendar of the end, as is presented in a literary document that styles itself as an “apocalypse” (a revelation, the