Otherwise, apocalyptic literature would have been discarded for its many instances of failed prediction.
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Her work has particularly focused on the Dead Sea Scrolls, wisdom literature, and apocalyptic literature.
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This element would remain in Christian apocalyptic literature until the end of the medieval period.
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There is further information on these topics in the entries on higher criticism and apocalyptic literature.
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The " Prayer of Joseph " is usually considered to be part of the Apocalyptic literature.
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The experience described is unique not just in 4 Ezra but in the whole Jewish apocalyptic literature.
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Apocalyptic literature shares with prophecy revelation through the use of visions and dreams, and these often combine reality and fantasy.
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In the course of his research he led the study of apocalyptic literature on topics relating to ancient religious thought.
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Apocalyptic literature also circulated in the early church; one example, the Book of Revelation, was later included in the New Testament.
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Modern biblical scholarship attempts to understand Revelation in its 1st century historical context within the genre of Jewish and Christian apocalyptic literature.