Seers, sibyls, and sages in Hellenistic-Roman Judaism

Abstract

John J. Collins offers readers a model for the scholarly study of all aspects of Judaism, from the Persian period through Late Antiquity, including its influence on early Christianity. The essays are thematically grouped to cover the problem of the Canon in Second Temple Judaism and deal with apocalypticism, the Book of Daniel, the Sibylline Oracles, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Also analyzed is the relationship between Wisdom and the Apocalypticism. This volume brings together over two decades of research by a leading authority in the field of Judaism.