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Portier-Young, Anathea, 1973-

Apocalypse against empire : theologies of resistance in early Judaism / Anathea E. Portier-Young. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2011. - xxii, 462 p. 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-438) and index.

Theorizing resistance -- Hellenistic rule in Judea : setting the stage for resistance -- Interaction and identity in Seleucid Judea : 188-173 BCE 78 -- Recreating the empire : the sixth Syrian war, Jason's revolt, and the reconquest of Jerusalem -- Seleucid state terror -- The edict of Antiochus : persecution and the unmaking of the Judean world -- Daniel -- Enochic authority -- The apocalypse of weeks : witness and transformation -- The book of dreams : see and cry out.

ISBN: 9780802865984 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2010022222

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Bible.--Former prophets--History of Biblical events.
Ethiopic book of Enoch--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Resistance (Philosophy)
Jews--History--586 B.C.-70 A.D.
Judaism--Social aspects--Israel.
Maccabees.
Military history in the Bible.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Palestine--History, Military.

LC Class. No.: B105.R47 P67 2011 / 14782

Dewey Class. No.: 296.3/82