After Apocalyptic and Wisdom: Rethinking Texts in Context

Richard A. Horsley · Patrick A. Tiller

lis 2012. · Wipf and Stock Publishers

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CONTENTS
Introduction
PART ONE: The Social-Political Context of Apocalyptic and Wisdom Texts
1. Ben Sira and the Sociology of the Second Temple
2. The Politics of Cultural Production
3. The Social Settings of the Components of 1 Enoch

PART TWO: Reconsiderations of Texts in Historical Contexts
4. Israel at the Mercy of Demonic Powers: An Enochic Interpretation of Imperialism
5. Social Relations and Social Conflict in the Epistle of Enoch
6. Fourth Ezra: Anti-Apocalyptic Apocalypse
7. Late Twentieth-Century Scribes' Study of Late Second Temple Scribes

PART THREE: Questioning the Categories as Applied to the Gospels and James
8. Questions about Wisdom and Apocalypticism
9. Sayings of the Sages or Speeches of the Prophets? Reflections on the Genre of Q
10. Apocalypticism and Wisdom: Missing in Mark
11. Apocalypticism in the Gospels? The Kingdom of God and the Renewal of Israel
12. The Rich and Poor in James: An Apocalyptic Ethic

O autoru

Richard Horsley is Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and the Study of Religion Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Boston and the author of numerous volumes, including Jesus and the Powers, Revolt of the Scribes, and Wisdom and Spiritual Transcendence at Corinth (Cascade Books, 2008). Patrick A. Tiller is a member of the Enoch Seminar and is the author of A Commentary on the Animal Apocalypse of 1 Enoch.