Title: Jewish reactions to the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70
Description: The Roman destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 was a watershed event in the religious, political, and social life of first-century Jews. This book explores the reaction to this event found in Jewish apocalypses and related literature preserved among the Pseudepigrapha (4 Ezra, 2 Baruch, 3 Baruch, 4 Baruch, Sibylline Oracles 4 and 5, and the Apocalypse of Abraham). While keeping the historical context of their composition in mind, the author analyzes the texts with a view to answering the following questions: What do these texts tell us about Jewish attitudes toward the Roman Empire? How did Jews understand the situation in post-70 Judea through the lens of Israel's past, especially the Babylonian sack of Jerusalem in 587 B.C.?
Subjects: Paralipomena Jeremiae, Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch, Jews, Greek Oracles, Criticism, interpretation, History and criticism, Oracula Sibyllina, Bible, Apocalyptic literature, Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem), Greek Apocalypse of Baruch, In the Bible, History, Apokryphe Apokalypsen, Pseudepigraphen, Jüdische Literatur, Apokalyptik, Apokryphen, Zerstörung (70), Zerstörung, Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) in the Bible, (Altes Testament, Judentum, Jerusalem, Pseudepigraphie, Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., o. t. historical books, Jews, history, to 70 a.d., Oracles, Jerusalem, history
Places: Jerusalem
Time periods: To 70 A.D., Siege, 70 A.D.