John J. Collins is professor of Hebrew Bible at the University of Chicago Divinity School.
Journal of the American Academy of Religion
"A very useful guide to the Jewish apocalypses and related
literature... One will not find a better or more up-to-date survey
of this material, which expresses a way of thinking that was so
influential on formative Christianity, than in Collins's book." The
Bible Today
"This is a updated and rewritten edition of a highly acclaimed book
that appeared in 1984. In it Collins expertly explains the
apocalyptic genre and then examines the Enoch literature, Daniel,
various oracles, testaments, and apocalypses, as well as the Qumran
material. In the final chapter he addresses the presence of such
thinking in early Christianity. Though this is primarily a study of
literature, the various pieces are placed within their historical
contexts in order to show how they are imaginative responses to
events in history. Collins argues that apocalyptic material did not
effect change in history, but offered a way to deal with it in a
manner that is both courageous and faithful. The book provides
important information about an important yet little known corpus of
material. It is a valuable resource."
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