apocalyptic literature

collocation in English

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apocalyptic
adjective
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/əˌpɒk.əˈlɪp.tɪk/us
/əˌpɑː.kəˈlɪp.t̬ɪ.k/
showing or describing the total destruction and end of the world, or extremely bad ...
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literature
noun[U]
uk
/ˈlɪt.rə.tʃər/us
/ˈlɪt̬.ɚ.ə.tʃɚ/
written artistic works, especially those with a high and lasting ...
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Becauseapocalypticliteraturewas historically a symbolic genre, this view attempts to be true to the style of the writing, symbolic.
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Revelation is written in a specific genre ofapocalypticliteraturewhich differs from the style of the gospels and the epistles.
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Otherwise,apocalypticliteraturewould have been discarded for its many instances of failed prediction.
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The word apocalypse is also used for other works of a similar nature in the literary genre ofapocalypticliterature.
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There is further information on these topics in the entries on higher criticism andapocalypticliterature.
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This phrase becomes important within future prophetic andapocalypticliterature.
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Apocalypticliteratureshares with prophecy revelation through visions and dreams, and these often combine reality and fantasy.
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It is consideredapocalypticliterature.
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The series shares some motifs withapocalypticliterature, like the disclosure of future events through dreams, and establishes a dual nature to its characters and concepts.
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Dystopian fiction (sometimes referred to asapocalypticliterature) is the opposite: creation of an utterly horrible or degraded society that is generally headed to an irreversible oblivion, or dystopia.
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