Revelations of Ideology: Apocalyptic Class Politics in Early Roman Palestine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anthony Keddie

Series:

Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 189.

Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism ; Volume 189

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism.

Apocalyptic literature.

Jews--History--168 B.C.-135 A.D.

Jews.

Jews--Palestine--History--To 1500.

Christians--Palestine--History--To 1500.

Christians.

Palestine--History--To 70 A.D.

Palestine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2018.

Summary:

In Revelations of Ideology , G. Anthony Keddie proposes a new theory of the social function of Judaean apocalyptic texts produced in Early Roman Palestine (63 BCE–70 CE). In contrast to evaluations of Jewish and early Christian apocalyptic texts as “literature of the oppressed” or literature of resistance against empire, Keddie demonstrates that scribes produced apocalyptic texts to advance ideologies aimed at self-legitimation. By revealing that their opponents constituted an exploitative class, scribes generated apocalyptic ideologies that situated them in the same exploited class as their constituents. Through careful historical and ideological criticism of the Psalms of Solomon, Parables of Enoch, Testament of Moses, and Q source, Keddie identifies an internally diverse tradition of apocalyptic class rhetoric in late Second Temple Judaism.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright page / G. Anthony Keddie

Dedication / G. Anthony Keddie

Acknowledgements / G. Anthony Keddie

Tables / G. Anthony Keddie

Author’s Note / G. Anthony Keddie

Abbreviations / G. Anthony Keddie

Introduction / G. Anthony Keddie

Apocalyptic Criticism / G. Anthony Keddie

The Fall of Class and Rise of Empire: Troubling Metanarratives / G. Anthony Keddie

Apocalyptic Class Politics: A Theoretical Intervention / G. Anthony Keddie

Apocalyptic Class Politics / G. Anthony Keddie

Councils and Elites in the Psalms of Solomon / G. Anthony Keddie

The Ill-Gotten Wealth of Kings and Landowners in the Parables of Enoch / G. Anthony Keddie

Priestly Elites and Provincial Annexation in the Testament of Moses / G. Anthony Keddie

Slaves to Mammon, Pharisees, and Urban Development in the Q Source / G. Anthony Keddie

Conclusion / G. Anthony Keddie

Back Matter

Bibliography / G. Anthony Keddie.

Notes:

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ISBN:

90-04-38364-6

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004383647 DOI