Prophecy and Apocalypticism: The Postexilic Social Settings

by Stephen L. Cook

Overview

Did Israelite Jewish apocalyptic literature originate among alienated or disenfranchised groups? In this overview of apocalypticism in the Hebrew Bible, Stephen Cook contends that such thinking and writing stems from priestly groups that held power.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800628390
Publisher:	1517 Media
Publication date:	01/01/1991
Pages:	246
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Stephen L. Cook is Catherine N. McBurney Professor of Old Testament Language and Literature at Virginia Theological Seminary and the author of a number of books in Hebrew Bible studies, including Prophecy and Apocalypticism (Fortress, 1995). He resides in Alexandria, Virginia.