Prophecy and Apocalypticism
The Postexilic Social Settings
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Prophecy and Apocalypticism: The Postexilic Social Settings
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.
- Publisher Fortress Press
- Format Paperback
- ISBN 9780800628390
- Dimensions 6 x 9
- Pages 246
- Publication Date January 1, 1991
Endorsements
"This book will surely make a contribution to the sometimes oversimplified theories of social constructionists in biblical studies. It will help correct a specific mistake of those with a weak grasp of class theory, i.e., connecting or identifying literary genre-voice and class location voice. It is well past the time to stop the patronizing of 'the dispossessed' by assigning them exclusive claims to apocalypticism, a genre that makes the post-Enlightenment academic uneasy, but which has been put to diverse ideological uses throughout history."
— Beverly W. Harrison, Union Theological Seminary
"Cook has enriched our understanding of the theology of the postexilic Temple cult by showing that it has pronounced eschatological perspective."
— Ellen F. Davis, Yale University