A Revival in Jewish Apocalyptic? Change and Continuity in the Seventh-Eighth Centuries with Special Reference to Pirqe Mashiah
A Revival in Jewish Apocalyptic? Change and Continuity in the Seventh-Eighth Centuries with Special Reference to Pirqe Mashiah
The seventh century is generally considered to be a critical period in the development of apocalypticism within Judaism(s) of Late Antiquity, with a number of apocalyptic tractates produced as a response to the political turmoil of the Persian and Arab conquests of the eastern Mediterranean. These conquests were regarded as a sign of the messianic era and the coming future age, which would be a time of restoration and/or reward for the Jewish people. Pirqe Mashiaḥ is an apocalyptic midrash from Palestine and represents a response to this political turmoil. The compilation is of importance for highlighting elements of both change and continuity in the development of Jewish apocalypticism, drawing on a number of older traditions in outlining its apocalyptic response to the Arab conquests.
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Spurling, Helen
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2017
Spurling, Helen
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Spurling, Helen
(2017)
A Revival in Jewish Apocalyptic? Change and Continuity in the Seventh-Eighth Centuries with Special Reference to Pirqe Mashiah.
In,
Amirav, H., Grypeou, E. and Stroumsa, G.G.
(eds.)
Apocalypticism and Eschatology in Late Antiquity: Encounters in the Abrahamic Religions, 6th-8th Centuries.
(Late Antique History and Religion, 17)
Leuven.
Peeters Publishers, .
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The seventh century is generally considered to be a critical period in the development of apocalypticism within Judaism(s) of Late Antiquity, with a number of apocalyptic tractates produced as a response to the political turmoil of the Persian and Arab conquests of the eastern Mediterranean. These conquests were regarded as a sign of the messianic era and the coming future age, which would be a time of restoration and/or reward for the Jewish people. Pirqe Mashiaḥ is an apocalyptic midrash from Palestine and represents a response to this political turmoil. The compilation is of importance for highlighting elements of both change and continuity in the development of Jewish apocalypticism, drawing on a number of older traditions in outlining its apocalyptic response to the Arab conquests.
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