Visionaries and their apocalypses
By: edited with an introduction by Paul D. Hanson.
Contributors: Hanson, Paul D.
Series: Issues in religion and theology ;; 2
Publisher: Fortress Press; SPCK
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Philadelphia; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 156-159.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: What is apocalyptic? / Klaus Koch; title: Old Testament apocalyptic reexamined / Paul D. Hanson; title: Apocalyptic eschatology as the transcendence of death / John J. Collins; title: New light on the third century / Michael Stone; title: Enoch and apocalyptic origins / Michael Stone; title: Wisdom and apocalyptic / Jonathan Z. Smith; title: Apocalytic Christianity / Norman Perrin; title: The attainment of millennial bliss through myth : the Book of Revelation / John G. Gager.