LEADER 01923oam 2200397 450 001 9910808655703321 005 20190911103514.0 010 $a1-4674-4517-7 035 $a(OCoLC)948605723 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL8OII 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000654267 100 $a20150828d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe apocalyptic imagination $ean introduction to Jewish apocalyptic literature /$fJohn J. Collins 205 $aThird edition. 210 1$aGrand Rapids, Michigan :$cWilliam B. Eerdmans Publishing Company,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 442 pages) 225 0 $aGale eBooks 311 $a0-8028-7279-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aApocalyptic literature$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aApocalyptic literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a229/.913 700 $aCollins$b John J$g(John Joseph),$f1946-$0283663 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808655703321 996 $aThe apocalyptic imagination$94072539 997 $aUNINA