The Dawn of Apocalyptic: The Historical and Sociological Roots of Jewish Apocalyptic Eschatology

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Fortress Press, 1979 - 444 pages
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.
 

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The Phenomenon of Apocalyptic in Israel Its Background and Setting
1
APOCALYPTIC ESCHATOLOGY IN THE LATER APOCALYPTIC WRITINGS
8
THE HISTORY OF PROPHECY IN ISRAEL
12
Isaiah 5666 and the Visionary Disciples of Second Isaiah
32
1421
77
76411
79
D TENSION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY GROWS 58 AND 59
100
120
113
THE VICTORIOUS HIEROCRATIC PARTY RETURNS TO A MORE CONCILIATORY POSITION
269
Zechariah 914 and the Development of the Apocalyptic Eschatology of the Visionaries
280
B IN DEFENSE OF A NEW APPROACH TO THE ORACLES OF ZECHARIAH 914
286
PAST BIBLICAL RESEARCH ON ZECHARIAH 914
287
117
292
112
325
13
334
417 and 1379
337

125
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116
161
5695713
186
JUDGMENT AGAINST THE NATIONS 6316
203
The Origins of the PostExilic Hierocracy
209
B THE SOCIOLOGICAL BACKGROUND OF THE POSTEXILIC STRUGGLE
211
C THE RISE OF THE HIEROCRATIC PARTY OF THE ZADOKITES
220
THE PREEXILIC ZADOKITE TEMPLE STRUCTURES TRANSFORMED INTO A HIEROCRATIC PROGRAM OF RESTORATION
228
THE HIEROCRATIC TEMPLE PROGRAM RECEIVES PROPHETIC LEGITIMATION
240
F BITTER CONTROVERSY AND THE ZADOKITE MOVE TO REFORM THE HIEROCRATIC TRADITION ALONG NARROWLY EXCLUSIVE ...
263
1136
354
THE TEXTUAL PROBLEM OF ZECHARIAH 122 AND AN ALTERNATE INTERPRETATION
361
121
369
REVEALED SECRETS
380
THE REDACTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF THIRD ISAIAH 5618 AND 661724
388
An Allegory and Its Explication
402
Select Bibliography
417
Indexes
421
An Overview of Early Jewish and Christian Apocalypticism
427
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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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