What Is Apocalyptic Literature?

In the 160s, there was this uprising against Antiochus of Piphidis. The Maccabean revolt is called that because it's led by a family,. A band of being guerrilla soldiers who were sometimes called the Maccabees. They established Israel as a sovereign state in 142 BCE. It lasted for about 100 years. But so during this period, you have Jews who have adopted this idea that the reason things are going badly is because of these forces of evil.