The Apocalypse of John and Palestinian Jewish Apocalyptic
After discussing both the similarities and differences between the Apocalypse of John and Palestinian Jewish Apocalypses (4 Ezra, 2 Baruch, and 1 Enoch 37-71), and the problems involved in categorizing the one as “Christian” and the others as “Jewish,” the author discusses a series of shared apocaly...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2006
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Neotestamentica
Year: 2006, Volume: 40, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-33 |
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| Summary: | After discussing both the similarities and differences between the Apocalypse of John and Palestinian Jewish Apocalypses (4 Ezra, 2 Baruch, and 1 Enoch 37-71), and the problems involved in categorizing the one as “Christian” and the others as “Jewish,” the author discusses a series of shared apocalyptic motifs, including (1) the terror of humanity before the throne of judgment, (2) the Messiah seated on the throne of God and judging the wicked, (3) the cry for vengeance and the numerus iustorum, (4) the kings from the east are supernaturally instigated to march on the holy city, and (5) the Leviathan-Behemoth myth. Finally, the author focuses on the particular importance of the motif of the New Jerusalem found in Palestinian Jewish apocalypses, but also in a series of fragments from Qumran collectively designated as the “Description of the New Jerusalem.” These shared motifs suggest that the author was a Palestinian Jewish apocalyptist before immigrating to Roman Asia. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.10520/EJC83234 |