Apocalypses and Apocalypticism in Antiquity: (Part II)

This paper, in two parts, discusses the significant scholarship on apocalypses and apocalypticism in antiquity published since Mysteries and Revelations: Apocalyptic Studies since the Uppsala Conference (Collins and Charlesworth [eds.] 1991). Part II contains the second half of the section on (4) or...

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Published in:Currents in biblical research
Main Author: DiTommaso, Lorenzo (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2007
In: Currents in biblical research
Year: 2007, Volume: 5, Issue: 3, Pages: 367-432
Further subjects:B Origins
B Apocalyptic Literature
B apocalyptic historiography
B apocalyptic eschatology
B Apocalypticism
B New Testament apocalypticism
B late antique apocalypses
B Wisdom Literature
B Prophecy
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Summary:This paper, in two parts, discusses the significant scholarship on apocalypses and apocalypticism in antiquity published since Mysteries and Revelations: Apocalyptic Studies since the Uppsala Conference (Collins and Charlesworth [eds.] 1991). Part II contains the second half of the section on (4) origins and influences, here the prophetic and sapiential traditions of Israel. This is followed by sections on (5) apocalyptic historiography and (6) the development of apocalypticism in antiquity and late antiquity, plus (7) a brief conclusion. The bibliographies are partspecific, but their entries are integrated.
ISSN:1745-5200
Contains:Enthalten in: Currents in biblical research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/1476993X07077969