New Testament as Apocalyptic Canon

Here are some thoughts that I'm currently working on. I'd appreciate any insights, helps, resources, or even corrections:

We know that the New Testament canon ends with the Apocalypse of John. In certain ways, the New Testament canon does not only end with an apocalypse. It is in itself an apocalyptic canon. Through the work of John Collins at Yale, we have grown in our understanding of Jewish apocalypticism. It was a genre, a sociological movement, as well as a cultural mindset. One can see an apocalyptic conscientiousness in the writings of the Dead Sea Scrolls, especially from the influence of the Book of Daniel and the Apocalypse of Enoch (Aramaic originals have been discovered in the Qumran library). I suggest that there is such a mindset in the New Testament, which reaches a climax with its finale in the Book of Revelation.

In light of the apocalypse as genre, Collins traces various elements that make up such literature ~ the theme of Messianism, eschatology, judgment of the wicked, the persecution, the resurrection and vindication of the elect, amongst some. These are all themes that are found in the New Testament, themes that many scholars have written on in great detail. A question to consider: is it possible that all these strands of theological and social themes so well attested and described by the New Testament authors are elements of one greater whole ~ they make up an apocalyptic mindset in the New Testament community, hence the Church. The church of Christ, then, is to be seen as an apocalyptic community and our Holy Scriptures as an apocalyptic Scriptures.

My thoughts above is not well written, nor well thought through...yet. I put it here for comments and would value any additional thoughts.