TY  - BOOK
AU  - Collins,John J.
TI  - Apocalypse, prophecy, and pseudepigraphy: on Jewish Apocalyptic literature 
SN  - 9780802872852
AV  - BS646 .C649 2015
U1  - 229.913 C712A 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Grand Rapids, MI.
PB  - W.B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
KW  - Apocalyptic literature
KW  - Bible
KW  - Old Testament
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - fast
N1  - 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
ER  -