The Armenian Apocalyptic Tradition

The Armenian Apocalyptic Tradition
Author: Kevork B. Bardakjian,Sergio La Porta
Publsiher: Brill Academic Pub
Total Pages: 797
Release: 2014-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004270248

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The Armenian Apocalyptic Tradition: A Comparative Perspective comprises an unprecedented collection of essays on apocalyptic literature in the Armenian tradition.

The Armenian Apocalyptic Tradition

The Armenian Apocalyptic Tradition
Author: Kevork Bardakjian,Sergio La Porta
Publsiher: BRILL
Total Pages: 817
Release: 2014-05-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9789004270268

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The Armenian Apocalyptic Tradition: A Comparative Perspective comprises a collection of essays on apocalyptic literature in the Armenian tradition. This collection is unprecedented in its subject and scope and employs a comparative approach that situates the Armenian apocalyptic tradition within a broader context. The topics in this volume include the role of apocalyptic literature and apocalypticism in the conversion of the Armenians to Christianity, apocalyptic ideology and holy war, the significance of the Book of Daniel in Armenian thought, the reception of the Apocalypse of Ps.-Methodius in Armenian, the role of apocalyptic literature in political ideologies, and the expression of apocalypticism in the visual arts.

The Byzantine Apocalyptic Tradition

The Byzantine Apocalyptic Tradition
Author: Paul J. Alexander
Publsiher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2022-04-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780520307568

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Throughout Christian history, apocalyptic visions of the approaching end of time have provided a persistent and enigmatic theme for history and prophecy. Apocalyptic literature played a particularly important role in the medieval world, where legends of the Antichrist, Gog and Magog, and the Last Roman Emperor were widely circulated. Although scholars have long recognized that a body of Byzantine prophetic literature served as the source for these ideas, the Byzantine textual tradition, its sources, and the way in which it was transmitted to the West have neve been thoroughly understood. For more than fifteen years prior to his death in 1977, Paul J. Alexander devoted his energies to the clarification of the Byzantine apocalyptic tradition. These studies, left uncompleted at his death, trace the development of a textual tradition that passed from Syriac through Greek to Slavonic and Latin literature. Using a combination of philological and historical detection, the author establishes the time, place, and circumstances of composition for each of the major surviving texts, identifying lost works known only through descriptions. In showing how Byzantine prophecy served as a bridge between ancient eschatological works and the medieval West, Alexander demonstrates that apocalyptic literature represents a creative source for the expression of political and religious thought in the medieval world. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1985.

Enoch and the Growth of an Apocalyptic Tradition

Enoch and the Growth of an Apocalyptic Tradition
Author: James C. VanderKam
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 252
Release: 1984
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: STANFORD:36105037662975

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VanderKam carries further an investigation of the relation between wisdom and apocalypse. He shows that not simply wisdom, but mantic wisdom has informed the authors of 1 Enoch 1-36, 73-107. VanderKam affirms the basic correctness of each researcher but sees in their work shortcomings which his own study seeks to rectify.

Eschatology in Antiquity

Eschatology in Antiquity
Author: Hilary Marlow,Karla Pollmann,Helen Van Noorden
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 654
Release: 2021-09-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781315459493

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This collection of essays explores the rhetoric and practices surrounding views on life after death and the end of the world, including the fate of the individual, apocalyptic speculation and hope for cosmological renewal, in a wide range of societies from Ancient Mesopotamia to the Byzantine era. The 42 essays by leading scholars in each field explore the rich spectrum of ways in which eschatological understanding can be expressed, and for which purposes it can be used. Readers will gain new insight into the historical contexts, details, functions and impact of eschatological ideas and imagery in ancient texts and material culture from the twenty-fifth century BCE to the ninth century CE. Traditionally, the study of “eschatology” (and related concepts) has been pursued mainly by scholars of Jewish and Christian scripture. By broadening the disciplinary scope but remaining within the clearly defined geographical milieu of the Mediterranean, this volume enables its readers to note comparisons and contrasts, as well as exchanges of thought and transmission of eschatological ideas across Antiquity. Cross-referencing, high quality illustrations and extensive indexing contribute to a rich resource on a topic of contemporary interest and relevance. Eschatology in Antiquity is aimed at readers from a wide range of academic disciplines, as well as non-specialists including seminary students and religious leaders. The primary audience will comprise researchers in relevant fields including Biblical Studies, Classics and Ancient History, Ancient Philosophy, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Art History, Late Antiquity, Byzantine Studies and Cultural Studies. Care has been taken to ensure that the essays are accessible to undergraduates and those without specialist knowledge of particular subject areas.

Selected Studies in Pseudepigrapha and Apocrypha

Selected Studies in Pseudepigrapha and Apocrypha
Author: Michael E. Stone
Publsiher: BRILL
Total Pages: 498
Release: 1991
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004093435

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This work gathers the author's contributions to four central areas of the study of Ancient Jewish literature, "Enoch and the Testaments," "4 Ezra," "The Study of Ancient Judaism (particularly of apocalypticism)," and the development of apocryphal traditions in Armenian. It presents authoritative studies by a leading scholar in the field.

Peoples of the Apocalypse

Peoples of the Apocalypse
Author: Wolfram Brandes,Felicitas Schmieder,Rebekka Voß
Publsiher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2016-05-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9783110472639

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This volume addresses Jewish, Christian and Muslim future visions on the end of the world, focusing on the respective allies and antagonists for each religious society. Spanning late Antiquity to the early modern period, the collected papers examine distinctive aspects represented by each religion’s approach as well as shared concepts.

Peoples of the Apocalypse

Peoples of the Apocalypse
Author: Wolfram Brandes,Felicitas Schmieder,Rebekka Voß
Publsiher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2016-05-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9783110473315

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This volume addresses Jewish, Christian and Muslim future visions on the end of the world, focusing on the respective allies and antagonists for each religious society. Extensive lists of murderous end-time peoples, whether for good or evil, and those who merit salvation hold variably defined roles in end-time scenarios. Spanning late Antiquity to the early modern period, the collected papers examine distinctive aspects represented by each religion’s approach as well as shared concepts.