period,51 both anticipate a coming golden age of prosperity and dominion for Israel, under a Davidic king.52 The discovery at Qumran of portions of 1 En. 1–36 and 72–82 on manuscripts dating from the third century BCE further suggests that apocalyptic literature with eschatological themes existed in the early post-exilic period.53 Even sober Tobit ends with prediction of future events, while the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, the Sybilline Oracles and much of the Qumran literature have a predominantly