City of ruins : mourning the destruction of Jerusalem through Jewish apocalypse / by Dereck Daschke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daschke, Dereck.

Series:

Biblical interpretation series ; v. 99.

Biblical interpretation series, 0928-0731 ; v. 99

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek Apocalypse of Baruch.

Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch.

Bible. Ezra.

Bible. Ezekiel.

Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism.

Apocalyptic literature.

Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem).

Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.

Judaism.

History.

Judaism--Post-exilic period (Judaism).

Eschatology, Jewish.

Bible. Ezekiel--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Ezra--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Greek Apocalypse of Baruch--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 231 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Contents:

Introduction. "If I forget you, O Jerusalem" : traumatic memory and the fall of Zion

I. Apocalyptic melancholia and the trauma of history

II. Ezekiel : "Desolate among them"

III. Ezra : "Because of my grief I have spoken"

IV. 2 and 3 Baruch : "Cease irritating God"

Conclusion. The apocalyptic cure : recovering the future by working-through the past

Epilogue. Apocalyptic melancholia and 9/11.

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago Divinity School, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-221) and index.

ISBN:

9789004181816

9004181814

OCLC:

468857415