Apocalypse, Prophecy, and Pseudepigraphy: On Jewish Apocalyptic Literature
- ISBN-10
- 1467443832
- ISBN-13
- 9781467443838
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 399
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-10-03
- Publisher
- Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
- Author
- John J. Collins
Description
A highly regarded expert on the Jewish apocalyptic tradition, John J. Collins has written extensively on the subject. Nineteen of his essays written over the last fifteen years, including previously unpublished contributions, are brought together for the first time in this volume. Its thematic essays organized in five sections, Apocalypse, Prophecy, and Pseudepigraphy complements and enriches Collins’s well-known book The Apocalyptic Imagination.
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