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Apocalypse Against Empire

Theologies of Resistance in Early Judaism

  • Paperback
  • 488 pages
  • Publisher: Eerdmans Publishing Company
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 2.8 cm

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For scholars and enthusiasts of early Jewish history

Explains how Jews resisted Hellenistic oppression

You will gain insights into faith and hope in adversity

This book explores the theologies of resistance in early Judaism during times of persecution.

The year 167 B.C.E. marked the beginning of a period of intense persecution for the people of Judea, as Seleucid emperor Antiochus IV Epiphanes attempted -- forcibly and brutally -- to eradicate traditional Jewish religious practices. In Apocalypse against Empire Anathea Portier-Young reconstructs the historical events and key players in this traumatic episode in Jewish history and provides a sophisticated treatment of resistance in early Judaism.Building on a solid contextual foundation, Portier-Young argues that the first Jewish apocalypses emerged as a literature of resistance to Hellenistic imperial rule. In particular, Portier-Young contends, the book of Daniel, the Apocalypse of Weeks, and the Book of Dreams were written to supply an oppressed people with a potent antidote to the destructive propaganda of the empire -- renewing their faith in the God of the covenant and answering state terror with radical visions of hope.
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  • Title

    Apocalypse Against Empire

  • Author

    Anathea E. Portier-Young

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Eerdmans Publishing Company

  • Published

    February 2014

  • Weight

    700g

  • Page Count

    488

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 2.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780802870834

  • ISBN-10

    080287083X

  • Eden Code

    4244101

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