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The world of apocalyptic literature can be both vast and confusing. To journey successfully through its complexities, it is best to have an experienced tour guide to direct you to the sites most representative of that world. In this way the new traveler can avoid dead ends, skip the fruitless excursions, and instead enjoy the ride. Reddishs introductions to the otherworldly writings of Judaismincluding the War Scroll from Qumran and books such as 1 Enoch from the so-called Old Testament Pseudepigraphaas well as to the apocalyptic documents of Christianity, including the noncanonical apocalypses of Peter, Paul, and James, and related works such as the Sibylline Oracles, are simply superb. Those wanting a more informed understanding of these centuries-old writings of hope and despair will not be disappointed.|The world of apocalyptic literature can be both vast and confusing. To journey successfully through its complexities, it is best to have an experienced tour guide to direct you to the sites most representative of that world. In this way the new traveler can avoid dead ends, skip the fruitless excursions, and instead enjoy the ride. Reddishs introductions to the otherworldly writings of Judaismincluding the War Scroll from Qumran and books such as 1 Enoch from the so-called Old Testament Pseudepigraphaas well as to the apocalyptic documents of Christianity, including the non-canonical apocalypses of Peter, Paul, and James, and related works such as the Sibylline Oracles, are simply superb. Those wanting a more informed understanding of these centuries-old writings of hope and despair will not be disappointed.

Mitchell G. Reddish is O.L. Walker Professor of Christian Studies and Department Chair of Religious Studies at Stetson University, Deland, Florida.