Apocalypse against Empire <subTitle>Theologies of Resistance in Early Judaism</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Portier-Young, Anathea E.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">1973-</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">0:2</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Wm B. Eerdmans</publisher> <dateIssued>2011</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>462tr.</extent> <extent>Hardcover, illustrations</extent> <extent>25 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>Building on a solid contextual foundation, Portier-Young argues that the first Jewish apocalypses emerged as a literature of resistance to Hellenistic imperial rule. She makes a sturdy case for this argument by examining three extant apocalypses, giving careful attention to the interplay between social theory, history, textual studies, and theological analysis...</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Anathea E. Portier-Young</note> <subject> <topic>Jews -- History -- 168 BC-135 AD</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Early Judaism</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Palestine -- History -- To 70 A.D</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">296.382</classification> <classification authority="ddc">P852-A54</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780802865984, 0802865984</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/10972/apocalypse.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/10972/apocalypse.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordContentSource authority="marcorg"/> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2023-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119070947.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>