Contemporary Muslim Apocalyptic Literature
Contemporary Muslim Apocalyptic Literature

Author: David Cook

Publisher: Syracuse University Press

Published: 2008-07-21

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9780815631958

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Although apocalyptic visions and predictions have long been part of classical and contemporary Islam, this book is the first scholarly work to cover this disparate but influential body of writing. David Cook puts the literature in context by examining not only the ideological concerns prompting apocalyptic material but its interconnection with the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Arab relations with the United States and other Western nations, and the role of violence in the Middle East. Cook suggests that Islam began as an apocalyptic movement and has retained a strong apocalyptic and messianic trend. One of his most striking discoveries is the influence of non-Islamic sources on contemporary Muslim apocalyptic beliefs. He trenchantly discusses the influence of non-Islamic sources on contemporary Muslim apocalyptic writing, tracing anti-Semitic strains in Islamist thought in part to Western texts and traditions. Through a meticulous reading of current documents, incorporating everything from exegesis of holy texts to supernatural phenomena, Cook shows how radical Muslims, including members of al-Qa'ida, may have applied these ideas to their own agendas. By exposing the undergrowth of popular beliefs contributing to religion-driven terrorism, this book casts new light on today's political conflicts.

The Apocalyptic Imagination
The Apocalyptic Imagination

Author: John J. Collins

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 1998-03-26

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780802843715

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The Apocalyptic Imagination by John Collins is one of the most widely praised studies of Jewish apocalyptic literature ever written. This second edition represents a complete rewriting and a new chapter on the Dead Sea Scrolls.h

The Dawn of Apocalyptic
The Dawn of Apocalyptic

Author: Paul D. Hanson

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 9780800618094

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In challenging both traditional and contemporary notions of the nature and history of the Biblical apocalyptic literature, Professor Hanson begins by saying that the origins of apocalyptic cannot be explained by a method which juxtaposes seventh and second century compositions and then proceeds to account for the features of the latter by reference to its immediate environment. "The apocalyptic literature of the second century and after is the result of a long development reaching back to pre-exilic times and beyond, and not the new baby of second century foreign parents. Not only the sources of origin, but the intrinsic nature of late apocalyptic compositions can be understood only by tracing the centuries-long development through which the apocalptic eschatology developed from prophetic and other even more archaic native roots."In this ground breaking study, Professor Hanson focuses on one strand which can be seen running through the heart of many of the so-called apocalyptic works, the strand of apocalyptic eschatology. He seeks to demonstrate that the rise of apocalyptic eschatology is neither sudden nor anomalous, but follows the pattern of an unbroken development from preexilic and exilic prophecy.

Apocalyptic Transformation
Apocalyptic Transformation

Author: Elizabeth K. Rosen

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780739117910

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Apocalyptic Transformation explores how one the oldest sense-making paradigms, the apocalyptic myth, is altered when postmodern authors and filmmakers adopt it. It examines how postmodern writers adapt a fundamentally religious story for a secular audience and it proposes that even as these writers use the myth in traditional ways, they simultaneously undermine and criticize the grand narrative of apocalypse itself.

Apocalyptic Messianism and Contemporary Jewish-American Poetry
Apocalyptic Messianism and Contemporary Jewish-American Poetry

Author: R. Barbara Gitenstein

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1986-06-30

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 9780887061554

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Focusing on the rich context of esoteric Jerish literature, this collection presents in-depth analyses of Jewish-American poetry. Gitenstein defines Jewish messianism and the literary genre of the apocalyptic, describes historical movements and kabbalistic theories, and analyzes their influence as part of the post-Holocaust consciousness. Represented are works by such poets as Irving Feldman, Jack Hirschman, John Hollander, David Meltzer, and Jerome Rothenberg. Gitenstein recounts the lives of such spectacular eccentrics and holy men as the Abraham Abulafia (thirteenth century), Isaac Luria (sixteenth century), Shabbatai Zevi (seventeenth century), and Jacob Frank (eighteenth century) and identifies their theories as part of the history of the literary apocalyptic genreĀ—the literature of exile, the literature of catastrophe.

Apocalyptic Time
Apocalyptic Time

Author: Albert I. Baumgarten

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 9789004118799

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The theme of this volume is the nature and perception of time in millennial movements. The authors adopt a number of disciplinary approaches to the topic, analyzing millennial movements from the three Abrahamic faiths, as well as from the East.

Apocalyptic Bodies
Apocalyptic Bodies

Author: Tina Pippin

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9780415182485

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Apocalyptic Bodies presents a cultural, critical reading of apocalyptic texts and images, using a variety of critical perspectives, including body criticism, ideological criticism and horror and fantasy theories.

The Apocalyptic Vision and the Neutering of Adventism
The Apocalyptic Vision and the Neutering of Adventism

Author: George R. Knight

Publisher: Review and Herald Pub Assoc

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0828023859

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The Seventh-day Adventist Church was founded upon an apocalyptic message that needed to be preached to the entire worldimmediately and at any cost. But does the church today preach that same message with the same urgency? Has the Adventist Church become irrelevant because it has sought to be more relevant to the world? Knight challenges us to go back to our roots, to examine the prophecies that fueled the early Seventh-day Adventists' determination to evangelize the world.

Unmasking Apocalyptic Texts
Unmasking Apocalyptic Texts

Author: Dorothy Jonaitis

Publisher: Paulist Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9780809143566

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"In this original and insightful book, Dorothy Jonaitis offers a refreshing alternative to the popular view of biblical apocalyptic writing as gloom-and-doom, fire-and-brimstone literature. Rather, she presents it as literature of hope and its authors as people who knew how to use their creative imaginations to communicate their hope-filled messages. The reader will come to see the apocalyptic authors of both the Old and the New Testaments as dramatists and will learn to preach, teach, and imagine their writings as dramatic messages to be applied in contemporary times of crisis."--BOOK JACKET.

The Apocalyptic Year 1000
The Apocalyptic Year 1000

Author: Richard Landes

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 9780195161625

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The essays in this volume challenge prevailing views on the way in which apocalyptic concerns contributed to larger processes of social change at the first millennium. They should provoke new interest in and debate on the nature and causes of social change in early medieval Europe.