The apocalyptic imagination: an introduction to Jewish apocalyptic literature

Apocalyptic literature evokes an imaginative world that is set in deliberate counterpoint to the experiential world of the present. Apocalypticism thrives especially in times of crisis, and it functions by offering a resolution of the relevant crisis, not in practical terms but in terms of imaginati...

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Main Author: Collins, John J. 1946- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: Grand Rapids, Michigan Cambridge, U.K. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company 1998
In:Year: 1998
Reviews:, in: RBBras 16 (1999) 631-633 (Anton. 75 (2000) 555-556)
Edition:2. edition
Series/Journal:The biblical resource series
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Apocalypticism / Early Judaism
B Apocalypticism / Primitive Christianity
B Apocalypticism / Jewish literature
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Apocalypticism
B Apocalyptic Literature History and criticism
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