Apocalypse, Prophecy, and Pseudepigraphy: On Jewish Apocalyptic Literature

ISBN-10: 0802872859
ISBN-13: 9780802872852
Category: Religion
Pages: 399
Language: English
Published: 2015
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Author: John J. Collins

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A highly regarded expert on Jewish apocalyptic texts, John J. Collins has written extensively on the subject. Nineteen of his essays written over the last fifteen years, including several previously unpublished contributions, are brought together for the first time in Apocalypse, Prophecy, and Pseudepigraphy. After an introductory essay that revisits the problem of defining Apocalypse as a literary genre, Collins deals with a number of different topics, including the relationship between apocalypse and prophecy and the troubling ethical issues raised by apocalyptic texts. Collins also examines several specific examples to show the themes and variation present in the genre. Organized in five sections, these thematic essays complement and enrich Collinss well-known bookThe Apocalyptic Imagination.

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