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Apocalypse, prophecy, and pseudepigraphy : on Jewish Apocalyptic literature / John J. Collins.

By: Publisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2015Description: 1 online resource (x, 389 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781467443838
  • 1467443832
Uniform titles:
  • Essays. Selections
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 220/.046 23
LOC classification:
  • BS646 .C649 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Apocalypse and prophecy. The eschatology of Zechariah -- The beginning of the end of the world in the Hebrew Bible -- Apocalypticism and the transformation of prophecy in the second temple period. 2. Variations on a genre. Enochic Judaism: An assessment -- The genre of the book of Jubilees -- The Sibyl and the Apocalypses: Generic relationships in Hellenistic Judaism and early Christianity -- Gabriel and David: Some reflections on an enigmatic text -- The idea of election in 4 Ezra. 3. Themes in Jewish Apocalyptic literature. Jerusalem and the temple in Jewish Apocalyptic literature of the second temple period -- Journeys to the world beyond in ancient Judaism -- The afterlife in Apocalyptic literature. 4. Pseudepigraphy. Pseudepigraphy and group formation in Second Temple Judaism -- Enoch and Ezra -- Sybilline Discourse. 5. Ethics and politics. Ethos and identify in Jewish Apocalyptic literature -- Apocalypse and empire -- Cognitive dissonance and eschatological violence: Fantasized solutions to a theological dilemma in Second Temple Judaism -- Radical religion and the ethical dilemmas of Apocalyptic Millenarianism.
Introduction : the genre apocalypse reconsidered. Apocalypse and prophecy. The eschatology of Zechariah ; The beginning of the end of the world in the Hebrew Bible ; Apocalypticism and the transformation of prophecy in the Second Temple period -- Variations on a genre. Enochic Judaism : an assessment ; The genre of the Book of Jubilees ; The sibyl and the apocalypses : generic relationships in Hellenistic Judaism and early Christianity ; Gabriel and David : some reflections on an enigmatic text ; The idea of election in 4 Ezra -- Themes in Jewish apocalyptic literature. Jerusalem and the temple in Jewish apocalyptic literature of the Second Temple period ; Journeys to the world beyond in ancient Judaism ; The afterlife in apocalyptic literature -- Pseudepigraphy. Pseudepigraphy and group formation in Second Temple Judaism ; Enoch and Ezra ; Sibylline discourse -- Ethics and politics. Ethos and identity in Jewish apocalyptic literature ; Apocalypse and empire ; Cognitive dissonance and eschatological violence : fantasized solutions to a theological dilemma in second temple Judaism ; Radical religion and the ethical dilemmas of apocalyptic millenarianism.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-373) and indexes.

1. Apocalypse and prophecy. The eschatology of Zechariah -- The beginning of the end of the world in the Hebrew Bible -- Apocalypticism and the transformation of prophecy in the second temple period. 2. Variations on a genre. Enochic Judaism: An assessment -- The genre of the book of Jubilees -- The Sibyl and the Apocalypses: Generic relationships in Hellenistic Judaism and early Christianity -- Gabriel and David: Some reflections on an enigmatic text -- The idea of election in 4 Ezra. 3. Themes in Jewish Apocalyptic literature. Jerusalem and the temple in Jewish Apocalyptic literature of the second temple period -- Journeys to the world beyond in ancient Judaism -- The afterlife in Apocalyptic literature. 4. Pseudepigraphy. Pseudepigraphy and group formation in Second Temple Judaism -- Enoch and Ezra -- Sybilline Discourse. 5. Ethics and politics. Ethos and identify in Jewish Apocalyptic literature -- Apocalypse and empire -- Cognitive dissonance and eschatological violence: Fantasized solutions to a theological dilemma in Second Temple Judaism -- Radical religion and the ethical dilemmas of Apocalyptic Millenarianism.

Introduction : the genre apocalypse reconsidered. Apocalypse and prophecy. The eschatology of Zechariah ; The beginning of the end of the world in the Hebrew Bible ; Apocalypticism and the transformation of prophecy in the Second Temple period -- Variations on a genre. Enochic Judaism : an assessment ; The genre of the Book of Jubilees ; The sibyl and the apocalypses : generic relationships in Hellenistic Judaism and early Christianity ; Gabriel and David : some reflections on an enigmatic text ; The idea of election in 4 Ezra -- Themes in Jewish apocalyptic literature. Jerusalem and the temple in Jewish apocalyptic literature of the Second Temple period ; Journeys to the world beyond in ancient Judaism ; The afterlife in apocalyptic literature -- Pseudepigraphy. Pseudepigraphy and group formation in Second Temple Judaism ; Enoch and Ezra ; Sibylline discourse -- Ethics and politics. Ethos and identity in Jewish apocalyptic literature ; Apocalypse and empire ; Cognitive dissonance and eschatological violence : fantasized solutions to a theological dilemma in second temple Judaism ; Radical religion and the ethical dilemmas of apocalyptic millenarianism.

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