Jewish Apocalyptic and Its History

by Sacchi, Paolo

• ISBN13: 9781850755852
• ISBN10: 185075585X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-11-01
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Pr

Summary

This translation of L'apocalittica giudaica e la sua storia makes Professor Sacchi's innovative thesis on Jewish apocalyptic available to a wider, English-reading audience. Sacchi argues that the term 'apocalyptic' is a modern invention, deriving from the wish to conceptualize the field of research on the affinities between the Apocalypse of John and other works of its time. These affinities do not just relate to literary character and form but also in part to content. Focusing on the material of 'Enoch' Sacchi concludes that what is needed is a more precise, literary and historical definition of 'apocalyptic'.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	p. 9
Introduction	p. 13
Introduction to the English Edition	p. 27
The Book of the Watchers and Apocalyptic	p. 32
Cosmic Order and Otherworldly Perspectives in the Post-Exilic Period: The Problem of Evil and the Origin of Apocalyptic	p. 72
Towards a History of Apocalyptic	p. 88
The Apocalyptic of the First Century: Sin and Judgment	p. 109
The Two Calendars of the Book of Astronomy	p. 128
Ethiopic Enoch 91.15 and the Problem of Mediation	p. 140
Messianism and Apocalyptic	p. 150
Knowledge Among the Jews from Amos to the Essenes	p. 168
Historicizing and Revelation at the Origins of Judaism	p. 200
The Devil in Jewish Traditions of the Second Temple Period (c. 500 BCE-100 CE)	p. 211
Historical Introduction to the Book of the Secrets of Enoch (Slavonic Enoch)	p. 233
Bibliography	p. 250
Index of References	p. 281
Index of Authors	p. 287
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