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Apocalypse Against Empire

Theologies of Resistance in Early Judaism
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The year 167 B.C.E. marked the beginning of a period of intense persecution for the people of Judea, as Seleucid emperor Antiochus IV Epiphanes attempted -- forcibly and brutally -- to eradicate traditional Jewish religious practices. In Apocalypse against Empire Anathea Portier-Young reconstructs the historical events and key players in this traumatic episode in Jewish history and provides a sophisticated treatment of resistance in early Judaism.Building on a solid contextual foundation, Portier-Young argues that the first Jewish apocalypses emerged as a literature of resistance to Hellenistic imperial rule. In particular, Portier-Young contends, the book of Daniel, the Apocalypse of Weeks, and the Book of Dreams were written to supply an oppressed people with a potent antidote to the destructive propaganda of the empire -- renewing their faith in the God of the covenant and answering state terror with radical visions of hope.

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Anathea E. Portier-Young is associate professor of Old Testament at Duke Divinity School, Durham, North Carolina.
Release date Australia
January 9th, 2014
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Contributor
  • Foreword by John J. Collins
Edition
Reprint
Pages
462
Dimensions
159x235x32
ISBN-13
9780802870834
Product ID
21275532

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