classic language and imagery of divine intervention. Apocalyptic writing in the New Testament makes use of these conventions drawn from prophetic writings in the later parts of the Old Testament. One early such writing is ‘The Apocalypse of Isaiah’ (Isaiah 24–27, one of the latest portions of the book of Isaiah10). Though lacking many features that will become commonplace in later apocalyptic writing, these chapters use the cosmic imagery of total destruction of the world (24:3–6, 19–21; 27:1).