The Dawn of the Apocalyptic: The Historical & Sociological Roots of Jewish Apocalyptic Eschatology - Softcover

Hanson, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0800618092 ISBN 13: 9780800618094

Verlag: Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1979

Inhaltsangabe

In challenging both traditional and contemporary notions of the nature and history of the Biblical apocalyptic literature, Professor Hanson begins by saying that the origins of apocalyptic cannot be explained by a method which juxtaposes seventh and second century compositions and then proceeds to account for the features of the latter by reference to its immediate environment. "The apocalyptic literature of the second century and after is the result of a long development reaching back to pre-exilic times and beyond, and not the new baby of second century foreign parents. Not only the sources of origin, but the intrinsic nature of late apocalyptic compositions can be understood only by tracing the centuries-long development through which the apocalptic eschatology developed from prophetic and other even more archaic native roots."

In this ground breaking study, Professor Hanson focuses on one strand which can be seen running through the heart of many of the so-called apocalyptic works, the strand of apocalyptic eschatology. He seeks to demonstrate that the rise of apocalyptic eschatology is neither sudden nor anomalous, but follows the pattern of an unbroken development from preexilic and exilic prophecy.

By means of a detailed analysis of the Hebrew text and a new translation of it into English, Professor Hanson demonstrates why scholars must look again at the apocalyptic eschatology. This contextual-typological approach will call for a reexamination of many opinions about this literature.

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Paul D. Hanson, editor, is the Florence Corliss Lamont Professor of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School. He is the author of numerous works including The Dawn of Apocalyptic and The People Called.

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• Verlag: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1979
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0800618092
• ISBN 13: 9780800618094
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 460
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