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Knowing the End from the Beginning: The Prophetic, the Apocalyptic and Their Relationships (Library of Second Temple Studies) is unavailable, but you can change that!

Much has been written on prophecy and apocalyptic in recent decades, but the relationship between the two has been little explored. A major explicit debate on the question is very much needed and is now provided here. This collection of essays addresses the subject from a variety of points of view, including the issues of definitions, ancient Near Eastern ‘prophecies’, social anthropology, place...

came to me saying: The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also complete it. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel. There is no doubt here about the agency of Zerubbabel, or about the historicity of the foundation of the Second Temple. Yet we are told that this does not happen by human power, but by spirit of the Lord.
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