01923oam 2200397 450 991080865570332120190911103514.01-4674-4517-7(OCoLC)948605723(MiFhGG)GVRL8OII(EXLCZ)99371000000065426720150828d2016 uy 0engurun|---uuuuardacontentrdamediardacarrierThe apocalyptic imagination an introduction to Jewish apocalyptic literature /John J. CollinsThird edition.Grand Rapids, Michigan :William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company,2016.1 online resource (xiv, 442 pages)Gale eBooks0-8028-7279-4 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.The apocalyptic genre -- The early Enoch literature -- Daniel -- Related genres: oracles and testaments -- The Dead Sea Scrolls -- 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.This book provides a helpful, relevant, comprehensive survey of the apocalyptic literary genre. After an initial overview of things apocalyptic, the author proceeds to deal with individual apocalyptic texts--the early Enoch literature, the book of Daniel, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and others--concluding with an examination of apocalypticism in early Christianity.Apocalyptic literatureHistory and criticismApocalyptic literatureHistory and criticism.229/.913Collins John J(John Joseph),1946-283663MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910808655703321The apocalyptic imagination4072539UNINA