An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature
THIRD EDITION
John J. Collins
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Grand Rapids, Michigan
© 1984, 1998, 2016 John J. Collins
All rights reserved
First edition published 1984 by Crossroad
Third edition published 2016 by
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
2140 Oak Industrial Drive N. E., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49505
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Collins, John J. (John Joseph), 1946- author.
Title: The apocalyptic imagination: an introduction to Jewish apocalyptic literature / John J. Collins.
Description: Third Edition. | Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015033151 | ISBN 9780802872791 (pbk.: alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Apocalyptic literature — History and criticism.
Classification: LCC BS646 .C65 2016 | DDC 229/.913—dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015033151
Jesse Yarbro
Sean Ryan
and
Aidan Michael
4. Related Genres: Oracles and Testaments
7. After the Fall: 4 Ezra, 2 Baruch, and the Apocalypse of Abraham
8. Apocalyptic Literature from the Diaspora in the Roman Period
9. Apocalypticism in Early Christianity
Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Sources
More than thirty years have gone by since the first edition of The Apocalyptic Imagination, and seventeen since the second edition. In that time there has been a profusion of studies relevant to ancient Jewish apocalypticism. The years around the turn of the millennium saw several major publications, including the three volume Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism. The Enoch Seminar, founded by Gabriele Boccaccini, has stimulated discussion of apocalyptic texts, not only those ascribed to Enoch. The Dead Sea Scrolls have now been fully published, and their relevance to apocalypticism has undergone significant revision. There has been a renaissance in the study of the Slavonic apocalypses. The interest in “Empire Studies,” especially in New Testament scholarship has brought the political aspect of apocalyptic literature to the fore.
The third edition of The Apocalyptic Imagination attempts to take account of these developments. Most obviously, the bibliography has been expanded, but there are also minor changes in every chapter. The main lines of interpretation, however, remain unchanged. The apocalyptic literature is viewed through the lens provided by the discussion of the genre apocalypse in Semeia 14, published in 1979.
I am grateful to Michael Thomson of Eerdmans. Without his initiative, this revision and updating would not have taken place.
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About The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature (Third Edition)One of the most widely praised studies of Jewish apocalyptic literature ever written, The Apocalyptic Imagination by John J. Collins has served for over thirty years as a helpful, relevant, comprehensive survey of the apocalyptic literary genre. After an initial overview of things apocalyptic, Collins proceeds to deal with individual apocalyptic texts—the early Enoch literature, the book of Daniel, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and others—concluding with an examination of apocalypticism in early Christianity. Collins has updated this third edition throughout to account for the recent profusion of studies germane to ancient Jewish apocalypticism, and he has also substantially revised and updated the bibliography. |
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