Episode 451: The Apocalypse Now with Dr. John Walton
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The Basic Elements of Apocalyptic
A decade or two ago a group of scholars got down and said, we have to come up with some kind of standard, normative definition apocalyptic. They worked altogether, you know, by committee, and put something together. It's like a 12 cent 12 line long sentence, which it's almost impossible to penetrate. But we can we it down better than that. The basic elements of apocalyptic are that, first of all, it's considered revolutory literature. Thirdly, the sage is mediated by an other worldly being,. Fourth fourth, it presents a transcendent reality toperates in the temporal zone.
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