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The dawn of apocalyptic : the historical and sociological roots of Jewish apocalyptic eschatology / Paul D. Hanson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia : Fortress Press, c1979.Edition: revised edDescription: xii, 444 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0800602854 :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 296.3/3
LOC classification:
  • BS 646 .H35 1979
Contents:
I. The phenomenon of apocalyptic in Israel: its background and setting -- Excursus: apocalyptic eschatology in the later apocalyptic writings -- Excursus: the history of prophecy in Israel -- II. Isaiah 56-66 and the visionary disciples of second Isaiah -- A third Isaiah? -- The ideal community envisioned by the disciples of second Isaiah -- Isaiah 60-62 -- Excursus: textual reconstruction and prosodic analysis -- Isaiah 57:14-21 -- The ideal undermined by opposition (63:7-64:11) -- Tension within the community grows (58 and 59) -- Isaiah 58:1-12 -- Isaiah 59:1-20 -- The schism widens, vindictiveness increases, hope is deferred, and the seeds of apocalyptic eschatology are sown (65:1-25) -- Controversy over the building of the temple and expulsion from the cult (66:1-16) -- The conflict grows acrimonious (56:9-57:13) -- The other edge of the sword: judgment against the nations (63:1-6). III. The origins of the post-exilic hierocracy -- The second group competing for control of the restoration cult -- The sociological background of the post-exilic struggle -- The rise of the hierocratic party of the Zadokites -- Ezekiel: the pre-exilic Zadokite temple structures transformed into a hierocratic program of restoration -- Haggai and Zechariah: the hierocratic temple program receives prophetic legitimation -- Bitter controversy and the Zadokite move to reform the hierocratic tradition along narrowly exclusive lines -- The chronicler: the victorious hierocratic party returns to a more conciliatory position. IV. Zechariah 9-14 and the development of the apocalyptic eschatology of the visionaries -- The historical and sociological background of the continued struggle -- In defense of a new approach to the oracles of Zechariah 9-14 -- Excursus: past biblical research on Zechariah 9-14 -- A divine warrior hymn drawing on the ritual pattern of conflict myth (9:1-17) -- The divine warrior hymn applied to the inner-community polemic (10:1-12) -- A taunt against foreign nations redirected against Israel's leaders (11:1-3) -- A commissioning narrative transformed into a prophecy of doom (11:4-17 and 13:7-9) -- An apocalypse molded by the inner-community struggle (12:1-13:6) -- Excursus: the textual problem of Zechariah 12:2 and an alternate interpretation -- An apocalypse structured upon the ritual pattern of the conflict myth and reflecting bitter inner-community conflict (14:1-21) -- Excursus: revealed secrets -- Excursus: the redactional framework of third Isaiah (56:1-8 and 66:17-24) -- V. An allegory and its explanation.
Item type: Reference Book
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Includes Bibliography: p. 417-419 and indexes.

I. The phenomenon of apocalyptic in Israel: its background and setting --
Excursus: apocalyptic eschatology in the later apocalyptic writings --
Excursus: the history of prophecy in Israel --
II. Isaiah 56-66 and the visionary disciples of second Isaiah --
A third Isaiah? --
The ideal community envisioned by the disciples of second Isaiah --
Isaiah 60-62 --
Excursus: textual reconstruction and prosodic analysis --
Isaiah 57:14-21 --
The ideal undermined by opposition (63:7-64:11) --
Tension within the community grows (58 and 59) --
Isaiah 58:1-12 --
Isaiah 59:1-20 --
The schism widens, vindictiveness increases, hope is deferred, and the seeds of apocalyptic eschatology are sown (65:1-25) --
Controversy over the building of the temple and expulsion from the cult (66:1-16) --
The conflict grows acrimonious (56:9-57:13) --
The other edge of the sword: judgment against the nations (63:1-6). III. The origins of the post-exilic hierocracy --
The second group competing for control of the restoration cult --
The sociological background of the post-exilic struggle --
The rise of the hierocratic party of the Zadokites --
Ezekiel: the pre-exilic Zadokite temple structures transformed into a hierocratic program of restoration --
Haggai and Zechariah: the hierocratic temple program receives prophetic legitimation --
Bitter controversy and the Zadokite move to reform the hierocratic tradition along narrowly exclusive lines --
The chronicler: the victorious hierocratic party returns to a more conciliatory position. IV. Zechariah 9-14 and the development of the apocalyptic eschatology of the visionaries --
The historical and sociological background of the continued struggle --
In defense of a new approach to the oracles of Zechariah 9-14 --
Excursus: past biblical research on Zechariah 9-14 --
A divine warrior hymn drawing on the ritual pattern of conflict myth (9:1-17) --
The divine warrior hymn applied to the inner-community polemic (10:1-12) --
A taunt against foreign nations redirected against Israel's leaders (11:1-3) --
A commissioning narrative transformed into a prophecy of doom (11:4-17 and 13:7-9) --
An apocalypse molded by the inner-community struggle (12:1-13:6) --
Excursus: the textual problem of Zechariah 12:2 and an alternate interpretation --
An apocalypse structured upon the ritual pattern of the conflict myth and reflecting bitter inner-community conflict (14:1-21) --
Excursus: revealed secrets --
Excursus: the redactional framework of third Isaiah (56:1-8 and 66:17-24) --
V. An allegory and its explanation.