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The apocalyptic imagination : an introduction to Jewish apocalyptic literature / John J. Collins.
- Title
- The apocalyptic imagination : an introduction to Jewish apocalyptic literature / John J. Collins.
- Author
- Collins, John J. (John Joseph), 1946-
- Publication
- Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans ; Livonia, Mich. : Dove Booksellers, 1998.
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 337 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- The Apocalyptic Imagination by John Collins represents a complete updating and rewriting of the original work. Especially noteworthy is the chapter on the Dead Sea Scrolls, which now takes into account all of the recently published texts. Other chapters discuss apocalypse as a literary genre, explore the phenomenon and function of apocalypticism in the ancient world, study a wide range of individual apocalyptic texts, and examine the apocalyptic character of early Christianity.
- Series Statement
- The biblical resource series
- Uniform Title
- The biblical resource series.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-317) and indexes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The apocalyptic genre -- The early Enoch literature -- Daniel -- Related genres: oracles and testaments -- Qumran -- The similitudes of Enoch -- After the fall: 4 Ezra, 2 Baruch, and the apocalypse of Abraham -- Apocalyptic literature from the Diaspora in the Roman period -- Apocalypticism in early Christianity.
- ISBN
- 0802843719 (paper : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^^97049578^
- OCLC
- 37975594
- SCSB-10156699
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library