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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 169 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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APOCALYPSE (Gr. aaoKaXvti/hr, disclosure)  , a See also:term applied to the disclosure to certain privileged persons of something hidden from the See also:mass of men . The See also:Greek See also:root corresponds in the See also:Septuagint to the Heb. galah, to reveal . The last See also:book of the New Testament bears in Greek the See also:title 'ATo,iavdhs 'Iwavvov, and is frequently referred to as the See also:Apocalypse of See also:John, but in the See also:English See also:Bible it appears as. the See also:Revelation of St John the Divine (see REVELATION) . Earlier among the hellenistic See also:Jews the term was used of a number of writings which depicted in a prophetic and parabolic way the end or future See also:state of the See also:world (e.g . Apocalypse of See also:Baruch), the whole class is now commonly known as Apocalyptic Literature (q.v.) .

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