by Frederick J. Murphy · forewords by Alan Avery-Peck, Alice Laffey, William Reiser

• Biblical Studies & Commentaries
• History & Biography

• Publisher: Baker Academic (Baker Publishing Group)
• Published: 2012

Publisher's Description

2013 Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS) Award for Best Book Relating to the New TestamentFrank Moore Cross Award, American Schools of Oriental Research (2013)Apocalypticism is not a peripheral topic in biblical studies. It represents the central, characteristic transformation of Hebrew thought in the period of the Second Temple. It therefore constituted the worldview of Jesus, Paul, and the earliest Christians, and it is the context in which the New Testament books were written. In this volume, Frederick Murphy defines apocalypticism while discussing its origins, where it comes into play in the Hebrew Bible, and how it relates to Jesus and the New Testament.