I offer you the concept of Extremification, a principle in understanding Jewish apocalyptic literature. What the apocalyptic writers were talking about was
extreme.
Is extreme: serious, real, and to the utmost. How can you emphasize that? Conflict becomes the biggest possible war. Doubt becomes the biggest betrayal. Salvation becomes Chazam! -- Glorious! And your inner man becomes the Son born of Mary, the hunger of God. Hence we have books like Joel, the best of which I have seen translated by Victor Alexander from the ancient Aramaic:
http://www.v-a.com/bible/joel.html.
It is a work in progress but well worth reading over and over and over. Yo-Eil ('Joel') tells us like it is -- our reality -- extremified. Because it is real!!! And you can read what Alexander has translated so far at the link above . . . for free!
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