Title: The apocalyptic imagination
First published: 1984
Description: The Apocalyptic Imagination by John Collins represents a complete updating and rewriting of the original work. Especially noteworthy is the chapter on the Dead Sea Scrolls, which now takes into account all of the recently published texts. Other chapters discuss apocalypse as a literary genre, explore the phenomenon and function of apocalypticism in the ancient world, study a wide range of individual apocalyptic texts, and examine the apocalyptic character of early Christianity.
Subjects: History and criticism, Apocalyptic literature, Apocalyptiek, Christentum, Littérature apocalyptique, Littérature apocalyptique - Histoire et critique, Histoire et critique, Apokalyptik, Apocriefen, Judentum, Jüdische Literatur, 11.26 movements within Judaism, Christianity and other religions, judaism