Jewish apocalyptic and its history

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.

subjects: Judaism,  Apocryphal books (Old Testament),  Criticism, interpretation,  History and criticism,  Apocalyptic literature,  History,  Apocalyptiek,  11.37 Apocrypha and pseudepigraphs,  Post-exilic period (Judaism),  Jodendom,  Judaism, history,  Jewish Eschatology,  History of doctrines,  Messiah,  Eschatology,  Biblical teaching

Times: Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.