Prophecy & Apocalypticism: The Postexilic Social SettingDid 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. |
Contents
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A New Crossdisciplinary Approach | 17 |
The Sociology of Apocalyptic Groups | 19 |
The Problem of Definition | 20 |
A Critique of the Causal Theory of Deprivation | 35 |
Implications for Analysis of Millennial Groups in Power | 52 |
Millennial Groups in Power | 55 |
Evidence of Radicalization and Routinization | 112 |
Zechariah 18 | 123 |
Zechariah 18 as Apocalyptic Literature | 125 |
The Continuity of the Zechariah Apocalyptic Tradition | 133 |
Zechariah as the Product of a CentralPriestly Group | 138 |
Restoration in Zechariah 18 Compared with Ezekiel | 148 |
The Sociology of the Zechariah Group | 153 |
The Zechariah Tradents and Social Change | 158 |
Varieties of Social Arenas | 56 |
Leadership Priesthood and Millennialism | 71 |
Effects of Millennialism on Factions | 74 |
The Career of Millennial Groups | 78 |
Significance for Interpretation of the Biblical Texts | 83 |
Ezekiel 38 and 39 | 85 |
The Genre of Ezekiel 3839 | 87 |
The Relation of Ezekiel 3839 to the Rest of the Book | 97 |
Evidence of the Hand of Central Priests in Ezekiel 3839 | 105 |
The Sociology of the Apocalyptic Unit Ezekiel 3839 | 109 |
Joel | 167 |
111 34 | 171 |
The Place of the Apocalyptic Pericopes within Joels Unified Structure | 180 |
Evidence of the Influence of Central Priests in Joel | 188 |
The Sociology of the Millennial Group of Joel | 194 |
Conclusion | 211 |
Bibliography | 223 |
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