The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature - Softcover

Collins, John J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802872794 ISBN 13: 9780802872791

Publisher: Eerdmans, 2016

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

John J. Collins is Holmes Professor of Old Testament Criticism and Interpretation Emeritus at Yale Divinity School. He has served as editor of the Anchor Yale Bible series and president of the Society of Biblical Literature. In 2019, he was awarded the Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies. His many publications include Apocalypse, Prophecy, and Pseudepigraphy; Beyond the Qumran Community; The Bible After Babel; and Apocalypticism as a Worldview in Ancient Judaism. 

Edition details

• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802872794
• ISBN 13: 9780802872791
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 456