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The Coming Apocalypse! Jewish and Christian Views of the End of the World

Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman

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Apocalyptic Thought

The heavenly vision does have, and I'm not saying that they're related, but there are similar modes of thought in Mesopotamia. There's a giant carved steelie called the Steelie of the Vultures that shows on one side, an historical conflict between two cities with like man and King's battling. And the other side is the divine equivalent. So, and it's the two city gods fighting each other. Which God is victorious has a direct impact on which army is victorious. The same kind of reflection as what happens in the divine realm is directly translated into what happens for mortals as well.

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