Jewish apocalyptic and its history
By: Paolo Sacchi ; translated by William J. Short.
Contributors: Short, William J.
Series: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha -- 20
Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Sheffield, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism.; Apocryphal books (Old Testament) -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Work titles: Apocalittica giudaica e la sua storia.
Description: This translation of L'apocalittica giudaica e la sua storia makes Professor Sacchi's expertise on Jewish apocalyptic available to a wider, English-reading audience. Sacchi argues for a more precise, literary and historical definition of 'apocalyptic', focusing on the material of 1 Enoch.
Notes: Edited translation of: L'apocalittica giudaica e la sua storia.

Includes bibliography (p. [250]-280) and indexes.