The beliefs of the movement that lies behind the scrolls were influenced by the eschatological ideas of the early Enochic writings and by the Book of Daniel, and although the movement does not seem to have produced many apocalypses, esch... MA Knibb 被引量: 9发表: 2010年 Prophecy & Apoc...
Uta HeilApocalyptic Literature–A Never-Ending StoryApplying the definition of apocalyptic texts proposed by John Collins, this article anal-yses the thirty-ninth festal letter of Athanasius of Alexandria (328–373) with its fa-mous list of biblical canonical writings. In the letter, Athanasius ...
2.any of a class of Jewish or Christian writings of c200b.c.toa.d.350 that were assumed to make revelations of the ultimate divine purpose. 3.a prophetic revelation, esp. concerning a cataclysm in which the forces of good triumph over the forces of evil. ...
of, relating to, or predicting future total destruction:an apocalyptic war; apocalyptic writings. a•poc•a•lyp•ti•cal•ly,adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025 a•poc•a•lyp•tic(ə pok′ə lip′tik),USA pronunciationadj. ...
The first part of the article demonstrates the case for the existence of a distinct concept of Time in apocalyptic literature and in the writings of the Yahad. The second part addresses the force of the 'here and now' in these two corpora. While earlier readers of apocalypticism like ...
This essay explores Martin Luther King Jr.’s reception and use of apocalyptic literature and thought in his sermons and writings. In doing so, it examines how King appropriates this literature as well as apocalyptic motifs to speak about the significance of African American history and to ...
For some, Nostradamus' writings appeared to contain veiled references to the events of December 21, 2012. His prophetic verses, which seemed to foretell global cataclysms, were dissected and reinterpreted to align with the apocalyptic expectations of the time. However, the challenge with Nostradamus'...
The likelihood that, on the occasion of his convocation in Florence in 1495, Leonardo was able to listen to Savonarola's sermons, so steeped in apocalyptic prophecy, may provide an explanation to the appearance of writings called "... M Versiero 被引量: 0发表: 2013年 Approaching the End:...
5.Inlightofthese developmentsareexaminationofmotifsandidiomsin thePsalter whichareoften associated with apoca-lyptic literatureis inorder.Motifsandlinguistic usages associated with apocalyptic literatureappearand arehandledinseveralverydifferentways withinthePsalter.1Gunkel established thatthesettingof thepsalms...
He concluded that most of the Hebrew writings werethe product of multiple authors, and that biblical descriptions of the supernatural790Christian Zolles28As late as 1893, Friedrich Engels claimed:“A science almost unknown in this country, except toa few liberalizing theologians who contrive to ...