Jewish apocalyptic and its history. (1996)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Apocalittica giudaica e la sua storia.
• Further Information: Note: Paolo Sacchi ; translated by William J. Short.
• Other Names: Sacchi, Paolo; Short, William J
• Contents: Part I: The quest for the historical apocalyptic -- 1. The book of the watchers and apocalyptic -- General observations -- Problems in the study of apocalyptic -- The great themes of apocalyptic (according to Koch) -- The Book of the watchers, the oldest apocalypse we have -- Outline of the evolution of thought within the Book of the watchers -- The problem of dating -- The Book of the watchers in history -- 2. Cosmic order and otherworldly perspectives in the post-exilic period: The problem of evil and the origin of apocalyptic -- 3. Towards a history of apocalyptic -- 4. The apocalyptic of the first century: Sin and judgment Part II: Some themes of the apocalyptic current against the background of Jewish thought -- 5. The two calendars of the Book of astronomy -- 6. Ethiopic Enoch 91.15 and the problem of mediation -- 7. Messianism and apocalyptic -- Definition of Messianism -- The origins: royal Davidic messianism -- Non-Davidic royal messianism -- The end of the house of David and the eclipse of messianism -- Superhuman figures -- The revival of messianism: superhuman messianism -- 8. Knowledge among the Jews from Amos to the Essenes -- 9. Historicizing and revelation at the origins of Judaism -- 10. The devil in Jewish traditions of the Second Temple Period (c. 500 BCE-100 CE) -- The definition of 'devil' for the purposes of this study -- The Book of Noah -- The religion of Ap1 -- Ap1, the problem of evil and the devil -- Ap2 and cosmic upheaval -- The Book of dreams and a more recent angelic rebellion -- The Satan traditions -- Satan in Sirach -- The Book of Jubilees and the fusion of the two traditions -- Essenism and the devil created such by God -- The devil in the Book of wisdom -- The devil in the Testaments of the twelve patriarchs -- The devil in the Book of parables -- The devil in the Testament of Job: the other face of God -- The devil in the New Testament -- 11. Historical introduction to the Book of the secrets of Enoch (Slavonic Enoch) -- Outline of the book -- The problems of the text-tradition in the history of research -- The environment of the oldest text -- Dating the text -- The original language -- The author's thought.
• Publisher Details: London : Sheffield Academic Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Extent: 1 online resource (290 pages)
• Subjects: 229; Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism; Apocryphal books (Old Testament) -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D; Apocalyptic literature; Apocryphal books (Old Testament); Judaism -- Post-exilic period (Judaism); Apocalyptiek; Jodendom; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567149381; 0567149382
• Related ISBNs: 9781850755852
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