Seers, Sibyls and Sages in Hellenistic-Roman Judaism

Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-90-04-10752-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 54, 438 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 934 g

Reihe: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism

This volume brings together essays written over two decades by a leading authority in the field. The collection includes 2 recent essays that are published here for the first time. The articles cover major aspects of the discussion of Jewish apocalypticism, in relation to the Hebrew bible, the New Testament and the Hellenistic-Roman world. Distinctive strengths of the volume include clusters of essays on the Sibylline oracles and on the relationship between apocalypticism and wisdom. A section of the book is devoted to studies on Daniel.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Collins, John J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen der Antike

Über Autor(innen)

John J. Collins, Ph.D. (1972) in Semitic Languages, Harvard, is Professor of Hebrew Bible at the University of Chicago. He has published widely on apocalypticism and Hellenistic Judaism. Recent books include a commentary on the book of Daniel in the Hermeneia series and The Scepter and the Star, on Messianism in the Dead Sea Scrolls.