Apocalypse against empire : theologies of resistance in early Judaism / Anathea E. Portier-Young

Author:: Portier-Young, Anathea, 1973-
Published:: Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2011.
Physical Description:: xxii, 462 pages ; 25 cm

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Contents:

Theorizing resistance -- Hellenistic rule in Judea : setting the stage for resistance -- Interaction and identity in Seleucid Judea : 188-173 BCE -- Re-creating the empire : the Sixth Syrian War, Jason's revolt, and the reconquest of Jerusalem -- Seleucid state terror -- The edict of Antiochus : persecution and the unmaking of the Judean world -- Daniel -- Enochic authority -- The Apocalypse of weeks : witness and transformation -- The Book of dreams : see and cry out.

Subject(s):

Bible. Former Prophets—History of Biblical events
Ethiopic book of Enoch—Criticism, interpretation, etc
Resistance (Philosophy)
Jews—History—586 B.C.-70 A.D.
Judaism—Social aspects—Israel
Maccabees
Military history in the Bible
Palestine—History, Military

ISBN:

9780802865984 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0802865984 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-438) and index.

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