Prophecy and Apocalypticism: The Postexilic Social Setting - Softcover

Cook, Stephen

 
9780800628390: Prophecy and Apocalypticism: The Postexilic Social Setting

Synopsis

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.

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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.

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