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

By: Portier-Young, Anathea, 1973-Publication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2011Description: xxii, 462 p. 25 cmISBN: 9780802865984 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0802865984 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Bible. O.T. 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, MilitaryDDC classification: 296.3/82 LOC classification: B105.R47 | .P67 2011
Contents:
Theorizing resistance -- Hellenistic rule in Judea : setting the stage for resistance -- Interaction and identity in Seleucid Judea : 188-173 BCE 78 -- Recreating 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-438) and index.

Theorizing resistance -- Hellenistic rule in Judea : setting the stage for resistance -- Interaction and identity in Seleucid Judea : 188-173 BCE 78 -- Recreating 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.