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The Oxford Handbook of Apocalyptic Literature (Hardcover)
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The Oxford Handbook of Apocalyptic Literature (Hardcover)
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Apocalypticism arose in ancient Judaism in the last centuries BCE
and played a crucial role in the rise of Christianity. It is not
only of historical interest: there has been a growing awareness,
especially since the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States,
of the prevalence of apocalyptic beliefs in the contemporary world.
To understand these beliefs, it is necessary to appreciate their
complex roots in the ancient world, and the multi-faceted character
of the phenomenon of apocalypticism. The Oxford Handbook of
Apocalyptic Literature is a thematic and phenomenological
exploration of apocalypticism in the Judaic and Christian
traditions. Most of the volume is devoted to the apocalyptic
literature of antiquity. Essays explore the relationship between
apocalypticism and prophecy, wisdom and mysticism; the social
function of apocalypticism and its role as resistance literature;
apocalyptic rhetoric from both historical and postmodern
perspectives; and apocalyptic theology, focusing on phenomena of
determinism and dualism and exploring apocalyptic theology's role
in ancient Judaism, early Christianity, and Gnosticism. The final
chapters of the volume are devoted to the appropriation of
apocalypticism in the modern world, reviewing the role of
apocalypticism in contemporary Judaism and Christianity, and more
broadly in popular culture, addressing the increasingly studied
relation between apocalypticism and violence, and discussing the
relationship between apocalypticism and trauma, which speaks to the
underlying causes of the popularity of apocalyptic beliefs. This
volume will further the understanding of a vital religious
phenomenon too often dismissed as alien and irrational by secular
western society.
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