Apocalypse

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ada was the good God and Spenta Mainyu, which means “holy spirit” was always by his side. The evil god Angra Mainyu attacked the world but later wore himself out and was defeated.(Cohn pg86)
3 Jewish Apocalypses
The first Jewish apocalypse I will discuss will be from Enoch’s Book of the Watchers. It dates from around 3rd century or 2nd century bce. Enoch’s books are very hard to follow since it so, full coded words and full of a lot symbolism. This makes it very difficult to understand. In this book it discuss how Angels come down to earth and have sexual intercourse with the humans, which creates giants. The giants kill the all of the humans and eventually take earth to the brink of destruction until God steps in. God then punishes these angels by making them demons. This is the creation of demons.(Reddish pg144) This was apocalyptic because the earth would have been destroyed if God had not stepped in to stop the carnage.
The Animal Apocalypse was written between 164- 161 bce. In the Animal Apocalypse Enoch is shown a preview of w...