Apocalypse against empire : theologies of resistance in early Judaism - Portier-Young, Anathea, 1973- (Grand Rapids, MI : William B. Eerdmans, 2011)
Theorizing resistance -- Hellenistic rule in Judea : setting the stage for resistance -- Interaction and identity in Seleucid Judea : 188-173 BCE 78 -- Recreating the empire : the sixth Syrian war, Jason's revolt, and the reconquest of Jerusalem -- Seleucid state terror -- The edict of Antiochus : persecution and the unmaking of the Judean world -- Daniel -- Enochic authority -- The apocalypse of weeks : witness and transformation -- The book of dreams : see and cry out.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-438) and index.
Keywords: Bible. -- History of Biblical events; Ethiopic book of Enoch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Resistance (Philosophy); Jews -- History -- 586 B.C.-70 A.D.; Judaism -- Social aspects -- Israel; Maccabees; Military history in the Bible; Palestine -- History, Military