RT Book
T1 Revelations of ideology: apocalyptic class politics in early Roman Palestine
T2 Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism
A1 Keddie, Anthony ca. 20./21. Jh.
LA English
PP Leiden Boston
PB Brill
YR 2018
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1029947694
AB "In Revelations of Ideology, G. Anthony Keddie proposes a new theory of the social function of Judaean apocalyptic texts produced in Early Roman Palestine (63 BCE-70 CE). In contrast to evaluations of Jewish and early Christian apocalyptic texts as "literature of the oppressed" or literature of resistance against empire, Keddie demonstrates that scribes produced apocalyptic texts to advance ideologies aimed at self-legitimation. By revealing that their opponents constituted an exploitative class, scribes generated apocalyptic ideologies that situated them in the same exploited class as their constituents. Through careful historical and ideological criticism of the Psalms of Solomon, Parables of Enoch, Testament of Moses, and Q source, Keddie identifies an internally diverse tradition of apocalyptic class rhetoric in late Second Temple Judaism" ...
CN BS646
SN 978-90-04-38364-7
K1 Apocalyptic Literature : History and criticism
K1 Jews : History : 168 B.C.-135 A.D
K1 Jews : Palestine : History : To 1500
K1 Christians : Palestine : History : To 1500
K1 Jews : History : 168 B.C.-135 A.D.
K1 Palestine : History : To 70 A.D.
DO 10.1163/9789004383647