The Jewish Apocalyptic Heritage in Early Christianity, Volume 4

by William Adler, James C. VanderKam

Overview

The first chapters of this volume, written by four different authors, together investigate the ways in which early Christians appropriated Jewish apocalyptic material.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800629724
Publisher:	1517 Media
Publication date:	12/17/1996
Series:	Compendia Rerum Judaicarum ad Novum Testamentum , #3
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	6.25(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

James C. VanderKam is John A. O'Brien Professor of Hebrew Scriptures at the University of Notre Dame. He has edited thirteen volumes in the series Discoveries in the Judaean Desert and is a member of the editorial committee for the remaining unpublished Dead Sea scrolls. He is one of the two editors in chief of the Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls (2000) and author of the prize-winning The Dead Sea Scrolls Today (1994), From Revelation to Canon: Studies in the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Literature (2000), An Introduction to Early Judaism (2001), The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls (2002), and From Joshua to Caiaphas: High Priests after the Exile (Fortress, 2004). Prof. VanderKam is the former editor of the Journal of Biblical Literature.