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authorJoe Carstairs <s1806931@ed.ac.uk>2026-07-23 16:47:52 +0100
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Why might John have used this genre? While it is perfectly plausible that John
had a genuine visionary experience [@visions-in-apocalyptic-handbook, pp.
-115-116], this would still not explain why he chose to publish an account of
-his experience using the apocalyptic genre. If a typical Western middle-class
-person were to have a visionary experience today, they might choose to find a
-more scientifically respectable framing before sharing their insights with
-others. One reason that John used the apocalyptic genre may be that John
-inhabited, as Leonard Thompson described it, a 'cognitive minority' [@thompson-revelation].
+115-116; @boxall-rev, pp. 3-5], this would still not explain why he chose to
+publish an account of his experience using the apocalyptic genre. If a typical
+Western middle-class person were to have a visionary experience today, they
+might choose to find a more scientifically respectable framing before sharing
+their insights with others. One reason that John used the apocalyptic genre may
+be that John inhabited, as Leonard Thompson described it, a 'cognitive minority'
+[@thompson-revelation].
Early Christian communities led distinctive lives on the basis of exclusive
sources of knowledge: apostolic authority, prophecy, eyewitness testimony,