Transcendence in general and transformation in particular have long
been established as key motifs in apocalypses. The transformation
of a seer during a heavenly journey is found commonly in such
esoteric apocalypses as I Enoch. No heavenly journey occurs in the
apocalypses treated here. Rather, symbolic women figures--"ladies"
in the classical sense--who are associated with God's city or
Tower, undergo transformation at key points in the action. The
surface structures of Joseph and Aseneth, 4 Ezra, the Apocalypse
and The Shepherd of Hermas are traced, and the crucial
transformation episodes are located within each structure.
Transformation of figures which represent God's people points to
the significance of identitiy within the apocalyptic perspective.
Earlier analyses have demonstrated that the apocalyptic perspective
urges the reader to consider life from a different stance in time
and in space ("temporal" and "spatial" axes). The present analysis
suggests that the apocalypse also charts its revelations along an
"axis of identity" so that the reader is invited to become, as it
were, someone more in tune with the mysteries he or she is viewing.
Of special interest is the treatment of the increasingly well-known
romance Joseph and Aseneth alongside apocalypses, a parallel which
is fruitful because of the curious visionary sequence, closely
related to apocalypse in content and form, which is found in the
inner centre of that work.
General
| Imprint: |
T. & T. Clark
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
The Library of Second Temple Studies |
| Release date: |
July 2018 |
| Authors: |
Edith M. Humphrey
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
192 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-567-68680-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-567-68680-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780567686800 |
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