The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls 50 years ago revealed Jewish apocalypticism that was before unknown. The scrolls chronicled life in an apocalyptic community, whose members believed that the end of the world was nearing. When the end did not occur, the community then believed they were already living the afterlife. John J. Collins explores the issue of apocalypticism in the Scrolls within a Jewish context and how the notions of the "end," Messianic expectation and eternal life affected the Dead Sea sect. This is the first and most up-to-date study of the Dead Sea community since the scrolls were discovered.…mehr
The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls 50 years ago revealed Jewish apocalypticism that was before unknown. The scrolls chronicled life in an apocalyptic community, whose members believed that the end of the world was nearing. When the end did not occur, the community then believed they were already living the afterlife. John J. Collins explores the issue of apocalypticism in the Scrolls within a Jewish context and how the notions of the "end," Messianic expectation and eternal life affected the Dead Sea sect. This is the first and most up-to-date study of the Dead Sea community since the scrolls were discovered.
John Collins is currently the Professor of Hebrew Bible and Post-Biblical Judaism at the University of Chicago. His books include Between Athens and Jerusalem (1983); The Apocalyptic Imagination (1984); Daniel (Hermeneia Commentary, 1993); and The Scepter and the Star (1995). He has served as editor of the Journal of Biblical literature and President of the Classical Biblical Association.
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Bibliographic note Chapter One: What is Apocalypticism? Chapter Two: Daniel, Enoch and Related Literature Chapter Three: Creation and the Origin of Evil Chapter Four: The Periods of History and the Expectation of the End Chapter Five: Messianic Expectation Chapter Six: The Eschatological War Chapter Seven: Resurrection and Eternal Life Chapter Eight: The Heavenly World Chapter Nine: The Apocalypticism of the Scrolls in Context Bibliography Index of Passages Index of Authors
Bibliographic note Chapter One: What is Apocalypticism? Chapter Two: Daniel, Enoch and Related Literature Chapter Three: Creation and the Origin of Evil Chapter Four: The Periods of History and the Expectation of the End Chapter Five: Messianic Expectation Chapter Six: The Eschatological War Chapter Seven: Resurrection and Eternal Life Chapter Eight: The Heavenly World Chapter Nine: The Apocalypticism of the Scrolls in Context Bibliography Index of Passages Index of Authors
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