apocalyptic literature

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apocalyptic literature

Summary

apocalyptic literature is a biblical genre[1]. It draws 374 Wikipedia views per month (biblical_genre category, ranking #2 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • apocalyptic literature's image is recorded as Merian's Daniel 7 engraving.jpg[3].
  • apocalyptic literature's instance of is recorded as biblical genre[4].
  • apocalyptic literature's subclass of is recorded as religious literature[5].
  • apocalyptic literature's foundational text is recorded as Book of Revelation[6].
  • apocalyptic literature's said to be the same as is recorded as visionary literature[7].
  • apocalyptic literature's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02lz6r[8].
  • apocalyptic literature's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Apocalyptic literature[9].
  • apocalyptic literature's main subject is recorded as apocalypse[10].
  • apocalyptic literature's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Political Theory[11].
  • apocalyptic literature's described by source is recorded as Dictionary of Biblical Criticism and Interpretation (2007 ed.)[12].
  • apocalyptic literature's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[13].
  • apocalyptic literature's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[14].
  • apocalyptic literature's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • apocalyptic literature's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • apocalyptic literature's Jewish Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 10252[17].
  • apocalyptic literature's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 1824428[18].
  • apocalyptic literature's Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID is recorded as letteratura-apocalittica[19].
  • apocalyptic literature's Orthodox Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 75602[20].
  • apocalyptic literature's Larousse ID is recorded as divers/apocalypse/22164[21].
  • apocalyptic literature's Krugosvet article is recorded as kultura_i_obrazovanie/religiya/APOKALIPTIKA.html[22].
  • apocalyptic literature's RationalWiki ID is recorded as Apocalyptic_literature[23].
  • apocalyptic literature's Yle topic ID is recorded as 18-314014[24].
  • apocalyptic literature's Oxford Bibliographies ID is recorded as 9780195393361-0005[25].
  • apocalyptic literature's International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ID is recorded as A/apocalyptic-literature-1[26].
  • apocalyptic literature's International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ID is recorded as A/apocalyptic-literature-2[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for apocalyptic literature include Apocalyptica[28], a musical group[29], founded in 1993[30] and apocalyptic fiction[31], a speculative fiction genre[32].

Why It Matters

apocalyptic literature draws 374 Wikipedia views per month (biblical_genre category, ranking #2 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for it include Apocalyptica[28], a musical group[29], founded in 1993[30] and apocalyptic fiction[31], a speculative fiction genre[32].

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  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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