The Origins of Apocalypticism in Judaism and Christianity PDF
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TIIE Encyclopedia OF Apocalypticism Volume 1 • The Origins of Apocalypticism in Judaism and Christianity EDITED BY JOHN J. COLLINS As we approach the year 2000-2001 C.E., the year that will mark the beginning of the new millennium, fascination with the mean ing of history and especially of historical tran sitions is already on the rise. Apocalypticism, broadly described as the belief that God has revealed the imminent end of the ongoing struggle between good and evil in history, has been a major element in the three Western monotheistic faiths of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Over the past thirty years, more scholar ship has been devoted to apocalypticism tha_n in the previous three hundred. This is true not only regarding the origins of apoc alypticism in Judaism and early Christianity (the subject of volume 1), but also of the development of the Christian apocalyptic traditions in Europe down to the modern era and the related apocalypticisms of medieval Judaism and early Islam (treated in volume 2). Even more recent has been the recognition of the importance of apoca Iypticism in the history of the New World and the continuing role that apocalyptic convictions, literal and revised, religious and secularized, play in contemporary society (the subject of volume 3). Each volume of the Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism comprises a relatively (Continued on back flap) (Continued from front flap) small number of comprehensive articles (forty-three over the three volumes) that offer original syntheses of scholarship on central themes, periods, and issues in the history of Western apocalypticism. The essays in these volumes seek neither to apologize for the extravagance of apoca lyptic thinkers nor to excuse the perverse actions of their followers. Rather, they strive to understand a powerful, perhaps even indispensable, element in the history of Western religions that has been the source of both good and evil. John J. Collins is Professor of Hebrew Bible, The Divinity School, The University of Chicago. Contributors to Volume 1: Dale C.Allison, Jr., Hubert Cancik, Richard J. Clifford, Adela Yarbro Collins, John J. Collins, M. C. de Boer, David Frankfurter, Richard A. Horsley, Anders Hultgard, Bruce Lincoln, Michael Mach, Florentino Garcia Martinez, James C. VanderKam. Jacket Illustration: Shell inlay depicting Ninurta bat tling the seven-headed dragon. Courtesy of the Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem. Photographed by M. Amar and M. Greyevsky. Jacket Design by Michael Silberman. The Continuum Publishing Company 370 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 ISBN 0-8264-1071-5 (f THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF APOCALYPTICISM Volume I The Origins of Apocalypticism in Judaism and Christianity The Encyclopedia ofA pocalypticism Edited by Bernard McGinn, John J. Collins, and Stephen J. Stein Volume 1 The Origins ofA pocalypticism in Judaism and Christianity, edited by JohnJ. Collins Volume 2 Apocalypticism in Western History and Culture, edited by Bernard McGinn . Volume 3 Apocalypticism in the Modern Period and the Contemporary Age, edited by Stephen J. Stein (f THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF APOCALYPTICISM Volume I THE ORIGINS OF ApOCALYPTICISM IN JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY Edited by John J Collins Continuum New York 1999 The Continuum Publishing Company 370 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 Copyright © 1998 by The Continuum Publishing Company All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of The Continuum Publishing Company. Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The encyclopedia of apocalypticism / edited by Bernard McGinn, John J. Collins, and Stephen J. Stein. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: v.I. The origins of apocalypticism in Judaism and Christianity / edited by JohnJ. Collins - v. 2. Apocalypticism in Western history and culture / edited by Bernard McGinn - v. 3. Apocalypticism in the modern period and the contemporary age / edited by Stephen J. Stein .. ISBN 0-8264-1087-1 (set: hardcover). -ISBN 0-8264-1071-5 (v. 1 : hardcover) 1. Apocalyptic literature-Comparative studies. 2. End of the world-Comparative studies. I. McGinn, Bernard, 1937- . II. Collins, John Joseph, 1946- III. Stein, StephenJ., 1940- BL501.E53 1998 291.2'3-dc21 97-46016 CIP Contents General Introduction Vll Introduction to Volume 1 Xlll PART 1 APOCALYPTICISM IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAsT AND MEDITERRANEAN WORLD 1. The Roots of Apocalypticism in Near Eastern Myth 3 Richard f Clifford, Sf 2. Persian Apocalypticism 39 Anders Hultgard 3. The End of the World, of History, and of the Individual in Greek and Roman Antiquity 84 Hubert Cancik PART 2 APOCALYPTICISM IN ANCIENT JUDAISM 4. From Prophecy to Apocalypticism: The Expectation of the End 129 John f Collins v Vi CONTENTS 5. Apocalypticism in the Dead Sea Scrolls 162 Florentino Garcia Martinez 6. Messianism and Apocalypticism 193 James C VanderKam 7. From Apocalypticism to Early Jewish Mysticism? 229 Michael Mach PART 3 APoCALYFnCISM IN EARLy CHRISTIANITY 8. The Eschatology ofJesus 267 Dale CAllison, fr. 9. The Kingdom of God and the Renewal of Istael: Synoptic Gospels, Jesus Movements, and Apocalypticism 303 Richard A. Horsley lO. Paul and Apocalyptic Eschatology 345 Me de Boer 11. The Book of Revelation 384 Adela Yarbro Collins 12. Early Christian Apocalypticism: Literature and Social World 415 David Frankforter PART 4 EPILOGUE 13. Apocalyptic Temporality and Politics in the Ancient World 457 Bruce Lincoln Index ofA ncient Sources 477 Index of Names 493
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