Quote:Aren't Daniel and Revelation apocalypse novels,
The themes from the Greek class of novel were usually quite sappy...two young lovers face trials and tribulations before finally attaining happiness. Think Harlequin Romances!
Those two are classified as apocalyptic literature....basically, "you may throw sand in my face but just you wait until my big brother gets here." Fitting for the mind of idiots who believe in all-powerful invisible sky-daddies but reality is always different.
I'm convinced that Revelations started out as Jewish wishful-thinking about the Great Revolt and Daniel was finished in 167 BC since all the things it "predicts" before that date happened and all the things it "predicts" afterwards did not. Again, it is enough to impress gullible morons.
Esther I have never read so can't comment.
