RT Book T1 Apocalypse against Empire: Theologies of Resistance in Early Judaism A1 Portier-Young, Anathea E. 1973- A2 Collins, John J. LA English PP Chicago PB Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. YR 2014 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1745381279 AB Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword, by John J. Collins -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part One: Theorizing Resistance -- 1. Theorizing Resistance -- Theology or Theologies of Resistance? -- Conceptualizing Resistance -- Forms of Resistance -- In Search of a Definition -- Resistance Limits Power -- Intentions and Actions -- Contesting Hegemony and Domination -- Summary -- Hegemony and Domination: The Conditions and Objects of Resistance -- Hegemony -- Domination and dominio -- Resistance to the Hellenistic Empires: Key Studies -- James C. Scott, the Hidden Transcript, and Apocalyptic Pseudonymity -- Practice versus Belief? -- Anonymity or Pseudonymity -- Scott on Anonymity -- Pseudonymity and Contingency -- Conclusion -- Part Two: Seleucid Domination in Judea -- 2. Hellenistic Rule in Judea: Setting the Stage for Resistance -- The Beginnings of Hellenistic Rule -- Alexander, the Successors, and the Ideology of Conquest -- Caught in the Battle for Domination -- The Transition to Seleucid Rule -- The Letter to Ptolemy -- The Programma -- Peaceful Coexistence? -- Stressors and Divisions -- Ancestral Laws, Scripture, and Invented Tradition -- 3. Interaction and Identity in Seleucid Judea: 188-173 BCE -- The Broader Context: The Seleucid Empire under Roman Hegemony -- Domination and Interaction in Seleucid Judea -- The Heliodorus Stele -- Heliodorus's Incursion into the Jerusalem Temple: 2 Maccabees 3:1-4:6 -- Reading the Sources Together -- Judaism versus Hellenism? -- Jason's Hellenizing Reforms -- Cultural Encounter in the Hellenistic Empires -- Distinctive Identities -- Asserting a Threatened Identity -- 4. Re-creating the Empire: The Sixth Syrian War, Jason's Revolt, and the Reconquest of Jerusalem -- Preparing for War -- The Akra -- Sacrilege and Riot -- Civil War and Revolt. OP 418 NO Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources CN 296.382 SN 9781467434645 K1 Bible.-Former Prophets-History of Biblical events K1 Ethiopic book of Enoch-Criticism, interpretation, etc K1 Resistance (Philosophy) K1 Electronic books