03011nam a2200205Ia 4500 220922s9999 xx 000 0 und d 9781850755852‎185075585X eng ita BS1705 .S2313 1996 Sacchi, Paolo Jewish apocalyptic and its history / Paolo Sacchi ; translated by William J. Short Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, 1990 288 p. ; 24 cm. Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha. Supplement series ; 20 translation of : L'apocalittica giudaica e la sua storia. Part I: The quest for the historical apocalyptic -- 1. The book of the watchers and apocalyptic -- General observations -- Problems in the study of apocalyptic -- The great themes of apocalyptic (according to Koch) -- The Book of the watchers, the oldest apocalypse we have -- Outline of the evolution of thought within the Book of the watchers -- The problem of dating -- The Book of the watchers in history -- 2. Cosmic order and otherworldly perspectives in the post-exilic period: The problem of evil and the origin of apocalyptic -- 3. Towards a history of apocalyptic -- 4. The apocalyptic of the first century: Sin and judgment Part II: Some themes of the apocalyptic current against the background of Jewish thought -- 5. The two calendars of the Book of astronomy -- 6. Ethiopic Enoch 91.15 and the problem of mediation -- 7. Messianism and apocalyptic -- Definition of Messianism -- The origins: royal Davidic messianism -- Non-Davidic royal messianism -- The end of the house of David and the eclipse of messianism -- Superhuman figures -- The revival of messianism: superhuman messianism -- 8. Knowledge among the Jews from Amos to the Essenes -- 9. Historicizing and revelation at the origins of Judaism -- 10. The devil in Jewish traditions of the Second Temple Period (c. 500 BCE-100 CE) -- The definition of 'devil' for the purposes of this study -- The Book of Noah -- The religion of Ap1 -- Ap1, the problem of evil and the devil -- Ap2 and cosmic upheaval -- The Book of dreams and a more recent angelic rebellion -- The Satan traditions -- Satan in Sirach -- The Book of Jubilees and the fusion of the two traditions -- Essenism and the devil created such by God -- The devil in the Book of wisdom -- The devil in the Testaments of the twelve patriarchs -- The devil in the Book of parables -- The devil in the Testament of Job: the other face of God -- The devil in the New Testament -- 11. Historical introduction to the Book of the secrets of Enoch (Slavonic Enoch) -- Outline of the book -- The problems of the text-tradition in the history of research -- The environment of the oldest text -- Dating the text -- The original language -- The author's thought. Apocrypha Theology.Apocalyptic literature History and criticism.Apocryphal books (Old Testament) Criticism, interpretation, etc. Short, William J. 0 0 0 0 GETS GETS GEN 2022-09-21 24.50 0 BS1705 .S2313 1996 00027816 2022-09-21 00:00:00 2022-09-21 BK 41897 41897