John Among The Apocalypses
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Author |
: Benjamin E. Reynolds |
Publisher |
: Fortress Press |
Total Pages |
: 393 |
Release |
: 2017-04-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781506423425 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1506423426 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Jewish Apocalyptic Tradition and the Shaping of New Testament Thought by : Benjamin E. Reynolds
The contemporary study of Jewish apocalypticism today recognizes the wealth and diversity of ancient traditions concerned with the “unveiling” of heavenly matters‒‒understood to involve revealed wisdom, the revealed resolution of time, and revealed cosmology‒‒in marked contrast to an earlier focus on eschatology as such. The shift in focus has had a more direct impact on the study of ancient “pseudepigraphic” literature, however, than in New Testament studies, where the narrower focus on eschatological expectation remains dominant. In this Companion, an international team of scholars draws out the implications of the newest scholarship for the variety of New Testament writings. Each entry presses the boundaries of current discussion regarding the nature of apocalypticism in application to a particular New Testament author. The cumulative effect is to reveal, as never before, early Christianity, its Christology, cosmology, and eschatology, as expressions of tendencies in Second Temple Judaism.
Author |
: Edmondo Lupieri |
Publisher |
: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 426 |
Release |
: 2006-11-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780802860736 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0802860737 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Commentary on the Apocalypse of John by : Edmondo Lupieri
Edmondo Lupieri's main goal in A Commentary on the Apocalypse of John is to introduce readers to the mental and spiritual world of John as both a first-century Jew and a follower of Jesus. The fruit of over ten years of research, a constructive response to postmodern criticism, and an academic best-seller in its Italian edition, Lupieri's commentary offers both new proposals and traditional interpretations to shed light on this complex coda to the biblical message. In an illuminating preface Lupieri discusses the strange world of the Apocalypse and promises an open commentary, full of original treatments of knotty interpretive problems. Maintaining a strong historical perspective throughout, he examines the text of the Apocalypse line by line, paying careful attention to the Greek text, offering a new translation, making wide use of apocryphal, pseudepigraphal, and Qumran literature, and often analyzing John's Apocalypse as compared to other Jewish apocalypses. Thoughtful, thorough, and nonsectarian, Lupieri's Commentary on the Apocalypse of John will appeal to anyone with a serious interest in the meaning of the biblical text.
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: |
Publisher |
: Canongate Books |
Total Pages |
: 60 |
Release |
: 1999-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780857861016 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0857861018 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis Revelation by :
The final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.
Author |
: Anathea Portier-Young |
Publisher |
: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 487 |
Release |
: 2014-01-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780802870834 |
ISBN-13 |
: 080287083X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Synopsis Apocalypse Against Empire by : Anathea Portier-Young
The year 167 B.C.E. marked the beginning of a period of intense persecution for the people of Judea, as Seleucid emperor Antiochus IV Epiphanes attempted -- forcibly and brutally -- to eradicate traditional Jewish religious practices. In Apocalypse against Empire Anathea Portier-Young reconstructs the historical events and key players in this traumatic episode in Jewish history and provides a sophisticated treatment of resistance in early Judaism. Building on a solid contextual foundation, Portier-Young argues that the first Jewish apocalypses emerged as a literature of resistance to Hellenistic imperial rule. In particular, Portier-Young contends, the book of Daniel, the Apocalypse of Weeks, and the Book of Dreams were written to supply an oppressed people with a potent antidote to the destructive propaganda of the empire -- renewing their faith in the God of the covenant and answering state terror with radical visions of hope.
Author |
: Benjamin E. Reynolds |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 273 |
Release |
: 2020 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780198784241 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0198784244 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis John Among the Apocalypses by : Benjamin E. Reynolds
John among the Apocalypses explains John's distinctive narrative of Jesus's life by comparing it to Jewish apocalypses and highlighting the central place of revelation in the Gospel. By engaging with modern genre theory, Reynolds reveals surprising similarities of form, content, and function between John's Gospel and Jewish apocalypses.
Author |
: Todd R. Hanneken |
Publisher |
: Society of Biblical Lit |
Total Pages |
: 347 |
Release |
: 2012-06-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781589836433 |
ISBN-13 |
: 158983643X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Subversion of the Apocalypses in the Book of Jubilees by : Todd R. Hanneken
In spite of some scholars’ inclination to include the book of Jubilees as another witness to “Enochic Judaism,” the relationship of Jubilees to the apocalyptic writings and events surrounding the Maccabean revolt has never been adequately clarified. This book builds on scholarship on genre to establish a clear pattern among the ways Jubilees resembles and differs from other apocalypses. Jubilees matches the apocalypses of its day in overall structure and literary morphology. Jubilees also uses the literary genre to raise the issues typical of the apocalypses—including revelation, angels and demons, judgment, and eschatology—but rejects what the apocalypses typically say about those issues, subverting reader expectations with a corrected view. In addition to the main argument concerning Jubilees, this volume’s survey of what is fundamentally apocalyptic about apocalyptic literature advances the understanding of early Jewish apocalyptic literature and, in turn, of later apocalypses and comparable perspectives, including those of Paul and the Qumran sectarians.
Author |
: John Michael Greer |
Publisher |
: Quercus Books |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 178087040X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781780870403 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (0X Downloads) |
Synopsis Apocalypse by : John Michael Greer
"The ancient Egyptians would have known it as the sixth day of Pachon. The Mayans named it 4 Ahau 3 Kankin. To us it is 21 December, 2012. On this day, it is said, the world will come to an end. This is not the first time we've been told that our time is up. And - touch wood - it probably won't be the last. Religious and secular, past and present - Apocalypse covers each and every one of our prophesized dooms: featuring asteroids, Antichrists, solar flares, Singularities, Utopias, UFOs, Zoroastrians and Zapotecs, to mention but a small few. The result is a thorough history of one the most fascinating threads of our cultural existence: spanning from the first warnings of our ancient ancestors, to the contemporary (yet equally glum) forecasts for our future."--amazon.com
Author |
: Catrin H. Williams |
Publisher |
: A&C Black |
Total Pages |
: 344 |
Release |
: 2014-03-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780567071958 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0567071952 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis John's Gospel and Intimations of Apocalyptic by : Catrin H. Williams
John's Gospel has traditionally been regarded as the least apocalyptic document in the New Testament. This exciting new collection redresses the balance by exploring the ways in which the apocalyptic literature of Second Temple Judaism has contributed to the theology and outlook of John's Gospel. Given that John, like the Jewish apocalyptic texts, is primarily concerned with the theme of revelation, the contributors examine how apocalyptic ideas can help to explain the Johannine portrayal of Jesus as the messenger sent from heaven to reveal the divine mysteries, as well as the Gospel's presentation of the activity of the Spirit, its understanding of evil, and the intended effects of this 'apocalypse in reverse' on its readers and hearers. The highly distinguished contributors include, John Ashton, Christopher Rowland, April DeConick, Judith Lieu and Jorg Frey.
Author |
: John J. Collins |
Publisher |
: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 456 |
Release |
: 2016-04-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781467445177 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1467445177 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Apocalyptic Imagination by : John J. Collins
One of the most widely praised studies of Jewish apocalyptic literature ever written, The Apocalyptic Imagination by John J. Collins has served for over thirty years as a helpful, relevant, comprehensive survey of the apocalyptic literary genre. After an initial overview of things apocalyptic, Collins proceeds to deal with individual apocalyptic texts — the early Enoch literature, the book of Daniel, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and others — concluding with an examination of apocalypticism in early Christianity. Collins has updated this third edition throughout to account for the recent profusion of studies germane to ancient Jewish apocalypticism, and he has also substantially revised and updated the bibliography.
Author |
: John Joseph Collins |
Publisher |
: Oxford Handbooks |
Total Pages |
: 565 |
Release |
: 2014 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199856497 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199856494 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Apocalyptic Literature by : John Joseph Collins
Apocalypticism arose in ancient Judaism in the last centuries BCE and played a crucial role in the rise of Christianity. It is not only of historical interest: there has been a growing awareness, especially since the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, of the prevalence of apocalyptic beliefs in the contemporary world. To understand these beliefs, it is necessary to appreciate their complex roots in the ancient world, and the multi-faceted character of the phenomenon of apocalypticism. The Oxford Handbook of Apocalyptic Literature is a thematic and phenomenological exploration of apocalypticism in the Judaic and Christian traditions. Most of the volume is devoted to the apocalyptic literature of antiquity. Essays explore the relationship between apocalypticism and prophecy, wisdom and mysticism; the social function of apocalypticism and its role as resistance literature; apocalyptic rhetoric from both historical and postmodern perspectives; and apocalyptic theology, focusing on phenomena of determinism and dualism and exploring apocalyptic theology's role in ancient Judaism, early Christianity, and Gnosticism. The final chapters of the volume are devoted to the appropriation of apocalypticism in the modern world, reviewing the role of apocalypticism in contemporary Judaism and Christianity, and more broadly in popular culture, addressing the increasingly studied relation between apocalypticism and violence, and discussing the relationship between apocalypticism and trauma, which speaks to the underlying causes of the popularity of apocalyptic beliefs. This volume will further the understanding of a vital religious phenomenon too often dismissed as alien and irrational by secular western society.