The Role of Post Mortem Visions in the Jewish Intertestamental Period
Maccabees recounts a vision in which Onias the Just commissions Judas Maccabeus as protector of Jerusalem and its Temple. This account belongs to a specific genre. Onias was a martyred zaddik or “righteous one” who, by means of the vision, nominated his successor. This genre is applied to the post-r...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
1995
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Pacifica
Year: 1995, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-8 |
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| Summary: | Maccabees recounts a vision in which Onias the Just commissions Judas Maccabeus as protector of Jerusalem and its Temple. This account belongs to a specific genre. Onias was a martyred zaddik or “righteous one” who, by means of the vision, nominated his successor. This genre is applied to the post-resurrection visions of Jesus to his disciples in an attempt to clarify their meaning. These stories can be understood as zaddik vision traditions which have been overlaid with apocalyptic imagery. |
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| ISSN: | 1839-2598 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pacifica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1030570X9500800102 |