Apocalypse Against Empire: Theologies of Resistance in Early Judaism
By: Anathea E. Portier-Young (author)PaperbackUp to 2 WeeksUsually despatched within 2 weeks
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The year 167 B.C.E. marked the beginning of a period of intense persecution for the people of Judea, as Seleucid emperor Antiochus IV Epiphanes attempted -- forcibly and brutally -- to eradicate traditional Jewish religious practices. In Apocalypse against Empire Anathea Portier-Young reconstructs the historical events and key players in this traumatic episode in Jewish history and provides a sophisticated treatment of resistance in early Judaism.Building on a solid contextual foundation, Portier-Young argues that the first Jewish apocalypses emerged as a literature of resistance to Hellenistic imperial rule. In particular, Portier-Young contends, the book of Daniel, the Apocalypse of Weeks, and the Book of Dreams were written to supply an oppressed people with a potent antidote to the destructive propaganda of the empire -- renewing their faith in the God of the covenant and answering state terror with radical visions of hope.About Author
Anathea E. Portier-Young is associate professor of Old Testament at Duke Divinity School, Durham, North Carolina.Product Details
- publication date: 24/02/2014
- ISBN13: 9780802870834
- Format: Paperback
- Number Of Pages: 488
- ID: 9780802870834
- ISBN10: 080287083X
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