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diff --git a/chapter3.md b/chapter3.md index f2ac525..c5a9af6 100644 --- a/chapter3.md +++ b/chapter3.md @@ -221,9 +221,12 @@ intermediary, and is thus regarded by scholars as a marker of the genre, 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. One reason may be that John inhabited, -as Leonard Thompson described it, a 'cognitive minority' [@thompson-revelation]. +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]. Early Christian communities led distinctive lives on the basis of exclusive sources of knowledge: apostolic authority, prophecy, eyewitness testimony, |