Apocalypticism as a Worldview in Ancient Judaism and Christianity

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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2020

John J. Collins

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Colin McAllister

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Colin McAllister: Affiliation:
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

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Summary

Apocalypticism is a worldview that developed in ancient Judaism in the Hellenistic period. It draws heavily on ancient myths, and attempts to express a sense that the world is governed by transcendent powers and that human destiny transcends the present order.

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Judaism cosmogonic myth dualism heavenly regions

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Information: The Cambridge Companion to Apocalyptic Literature , pp. 19 - 35

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108394994.002 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2020

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Collins, Adela Yarbro. The Combat Myth in the Book of Revelation. Missoula, MT: Scholars Press, 1976.Google Scholar

Collins, Adela Yarbro. “The Seven Heavens in Jewish and Christian Apocalypses.” In Cosmology and Eschatology in Jewish and Christian Apocalypticism, 21–54. Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 50. Leiden: Brill, 1996.Google Scholar

Collins, John J. The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature. 3rd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2016.Google Scholar

Collins, John J. Apocalypticism in the Dead Sea Scrolls. London: Routledge, 1997.Google Scholar

Collins, John J. Daniel: A Commentary on the Book of Daniel. Hermeneia. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 1993.Google Scholar

Collins, John J. ed. “Apocalypse: The Morphology of a Genre.” Special issue, Semeia 14 (1979).Google Scholar

Collins, John J. ed. The Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism. Vol. 1, The Origins of Apocalypticism in Judaism and Christianity. New York: Continuum, 1998.Google Scholar

DiTommaso, Lorenzo. “The Apocalyptic Other.” In The “Other” in Second Temple Judaism: Essays in Honor of John J. Collins, 221–46. Edited by Harlow, Daniel C., Hogan, Karina Martin, Goff, Matthew, and Kaminsky, Joel S.. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2011.Google Scholar

Reynolds, Benjamin E., and Stuckenbruck, Loren T., eds. The Jewish Apocalyptic Tradition and the Shaping of New Testament Thought. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2017.CrossRef Google Scholar

Wilder, Amos N. “The Rhetoric of Ancient and Modern Apocalyptic.” Interpretation 25, no. 4 (1971): 436–53.Google Scholar