Apocalyptic literature

Apocalyptic literature is a genre of prophetical writing that developed in post-Exilic Jewish culture and was popular among millennialist early Christians. Apocalypse (Ancient Greek: ἀποκάλυψις, romanized: apokálupsis) is a Greek word meaning "revelation", "an unveiling or unfolding of things not previously known and which could not be known apart from the unveiling".^[1]

This article is about the genre of religious writings dealing with revelation. For the final book of the New Testament, see Book of Revelation. For the genre of fiction dealing with cataclysm, see Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction.

As a genre, apocalyptic literature details the authors' visions of the end times/end of the age as revealed by an angel or other heavenly messenger.^[2] The apocalyptic literature of Judaism and Christianity embraces a considerable period, from the centuries following the Babylonian exile down to the close of the Middle Ages.^[3]

24–27; 33; 34–35

Isaiah

33:14–26

Jeremiah

38–39

Ezekiel

3:9–17

Joel

12–14

Zechariah

Matthew 24

The Sheep and the Goats

Mark 13

2 Thessalonians 2

1 Timothy 4

2 Peter 3

Jude 14-15

Book of Revelation

Apocalypse Series

Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction

Apocalypticism

Christian eschatology

Hindu eschatology

Islamic eschatology

Jewish eschatology

List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events

Messianic Age

Millennialism

Ragnarök

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the : Charles, Robert Henry (1911). "Apocalyptic Literature". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 169–175.

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