This two-part paper begins with an attempt to reconstruct an apoca-lyptic work from the first cen... more This two-part paper begins with an attempt to reconstruct an apoca-lyptic work from the first century CE. It then compares the nature of the messianic expectations found in this reconstructed text to messianic expectations at Qumran. I hope through this study to identify some features of Jewish messianism common to both, and thereby make a contribution to the larger question of the nature of Jewish messianic hopes from the first century BCE to the first century CE.
This two-part paper begins with an attempt to reconstruct an apoca-lyptic work from the first cen... more This two-part paper begins with an attempt to reconstruct an apoca-lyptic work from the first century CE. It then compares the nature of the messianic expectations found in this reconstructed text to messianic expectations at Qumran. I hope through this study to identify some features of Jewish messianism common to both, and thereby make a contribution to the larger question of the nature of Jewish messianic hopes from the first century BCE to the first century CE.
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