01146nam a2200277 a 450000500170000000800200001702000180003704100100005508200120006508200120007710000200008910000140010910000110012324500320013424500530016624500200021925000160023926000200025526000200027526000090029530000110030430000140031530000090032952004780033865000520081620260119070414.02021-12-02 11:16:14  a9780802872791  a0 eng  a229.913  bJ65-C71  aJohn J. Collins  d(1946...)  eAuthor  aThe apocalyptic imagination  bAn introduction to Jewish apocalyptic literature  cJohn J. Collins  a3rd edition  aMichigan, U.S.A  bWm. B. Eerdmans  c2016  a442tr.  bpaperback  c23cm  aAfter an initial overview of things apocalyptic, Collins proceeds to deal with individual apocalyptic texts -- the early Enoch literature, the book of Daniel, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and others -- concluding with an examination of apocalypticism in early Christianity. Collins has updated this third edition throughout to account for the recent profusion of studies germane to ancient Jewish apocalypticism, and he has also substantially revised and updated the bibliography.  aApocalyptic literature -- History and criticism