The the historical and sociological roots of Jewish apocalyptic eschatology Hanson, Paul D. creator text bibliography pau Philadelphia Fortress Press c1979 1975 revised ed. monographic eng

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xii, 444 p. ; 24 cm. I. The phenomenon of apocalyptic in Israel: its background and setting -- Excursus: apocalyptic eschatology in the later apocalyptic writings -- Excursus: the history of prophecy in Israel -- II. Isaiah 56-66 and the visionary disciples of second Isaiah -- A third Isaiah? -- The ideal community envisioned by the disciples of second Isaiah -- Isaiah 60-62 -- Excursus: textual reconstruction and prosodic analysis -- Isaiah 57:14-21 -- The ideal undermined by opposition (63:7-64:11) -- Tension within the community grows (58 and 59) -- Isaiah 58:1-12 -- Isaiah 59:1-20 -- The schism widens, vindictiveness increases, hope is deferred, and the seeds of apocalyptic eschatology are sown (65:1-25) -- Controversy over the building of the temple and expulsion from the cult (66:1-16) -- The conflict grows acrimonious (56:9-57:13) -- The other edge of the sword: judgment against the nations (63:1-6). III. The origins of the post-exilic hierocracy -- The second group competing for control of the restoration cult -- The sociological background of the post-exilic struggle -- The rise of the hierocratic party of the Zadokites -- Ezekiel: the pre-exilic Zadokite temple structures transformed into a hierocratic program of restoration -- Haggai and Zechariah: the hierocratic temple program receives prophetic legitimation -- Bitter controversy and the Zadokite move to reform the hierocratic tradition along narrowly exclusive lines -- The chronicler: the victorious hierocratic party returns to a more conciliatory position. IV. Zechariah 9-14 and the development of the apocalyptic eschatology of the visionaries -- The historical and sociological background of the continued struggle -- In defense of a new approach to the oracles of Zechariah 9-14 -- Excursus: past biblical research on Zechariah 9-14 -- A divine warrior hymn drawing on the ritual pattern of conflict myth (9:1-17) -- The divine warrior hymn applied to the inner-community polemic (10:1-12) -- A taunt against foreign nations redirected against Israel's leaders (11:1-3) -- A commissioning narrative transformed into a prophecy of doom (11:4-17 and 13:7-9) -- An apocalypse molded by the inner-community struggle (12:1-13:6) -- Excursus: the textual problem of Zechariah 12:2 and an alternate interpretation -- An apocalypse structured upon the ritual pattern of the conflict myth and reflecting bitter inner-community conflict (14:1-21) -- Excursus: revealed secrets -- Excursus: the redactional framework of third Isaiah (56:1-8 and 66:17-24) -- V. An allegory and its explanation. Paul D. Hanson. Includes Bibliography: p. 417-419 and indexes. Commentaries Commentaries Apocalyptic literature Zadokites BS 646 .H35 1979 296.3/3 0800602854 : 74076933 DLC 750630 20241106145025.0 4098059