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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: EVALUATION OF TRADITIONAL COMMENTARIES AFTER 1995 In 1995 Malina’s monograph on Revelation,On the genre and message of Revelation: Star visions and sky journeys,was published. One would assume that a publication by such a prominent scholar1in social scientific criticism would have initiated a new interest and direction in genreresearch concerning Revelation. But when surveyingcommentaries after 1995 there is little to no references made to the work of Malina (1995), nor to that of Malina and Pilch (2000). In short both Malina (1995) and Malina and Pilch’s (2000) works start from the following presuppositions: ThatJohn was an astral prophet who was able to undergo a sky journey (soul flight) by means ofaltering his consciousness. This alteration is referred to as entering altered states of consciousness (hereafter ASC). In this ASCJohn had religious experiences. And Revelation is a visionary report of what John, the astral prophet, saw in the heavens on these sky journeys.2
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