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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820605003321

Autore

Grabbe Lester L

Titolo

Knowing the end from the beginning : the prophetic, apocalyptic, and their relationship / / edited by Lester L. Grabbe and Robert D. Haak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : T&T Clark International, , [2003]

©2003

ISBN

0-567-59150-6

0-567-63268-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Pseudepigrapha. Supplement studies ; ; 46

Library of the Second Temple studies

Disciplina

220/.046

Soggetti

Apocalyptic literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Part I: INTRODUCTION; INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW; PROPHECY, APOCALYPSE AND ESCHATOLOGY: REFLECTIONS ON THE PROPOSALS OF LESTER GRABBE; Part II: ARTICLES; TRANSFORMATIONS OF APOCALYPTICISM IN EARLY CHRISTIANITY; THE CHANGING FACE OF BABYLON IN PROPHETIC/APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE: SEVENTH CENTURY BCE TO FIRST CENTURY CE AND BEYOND; THE ESCHATOLOGY OF ZECHARIAH; MYTHOLOGICAL DISCOURSE IN EZEKIEL AND DANIEL AND THE RISE OF APOCALYPTICISM IN ISRAEL; PROPHETIC AND APOCALYPTIC: TIME FOR NEW DEFINITIONS-AND NEW THINKING

NEITHER PROPHECIES NOR APOCALYPSES: THE AKKADIAN LITERARY PREDICTIVE TEXTSAPOCALYPSE, PROPHECY AND THE NEW TESTAMENT; THE PRIESTHOOD AND THE PROTO-APOCALYPTIC READING OF PROPHETIC AND PENTATEUCHAL TEXTS; ARE YOU THE ONE? THE TEXTUAL DYNAMICS OF MESSIANIC SELF-IDENTITY; Part III: APPENDIX; POETS, SCRIBES, OR PREACHERS? THE REALITY OF PROPHECY IN THE SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD; Index of References; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Much study has taken place of the prophetic and apocalyptic writings in recent decades, but the relationship between the two has been little



explored. A major explicit debate on the question is very much needed and is now provided. This collection of essays addresses the subject from a variety of points of view, including studies on the issues of definitions, ancient Near Eastern ""prophecies"", social anthropology and modern apocalyptic movements.   In the introduction, Lester Grabbe argues that many scholars operate with subconscious assumptions about how apocalyptic writings relate to the p