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This volume brings together essays written by John J. Collins since the mid-1970s. The articles cover major aspects of the discussion of Jewish apocalypticism, in relation to the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and the Hellenistic-Roman world. A section of the book is devoted to studies on the book of Daniel.

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' ...Collins's best articles... ' Eibert J.C. Tigchelaar, Journal for the Study of Judaism , 1998. ' These [ ] essays [ ] provide first-rate scholarly treatment of the primary texts in question, impressive mastery of the vast secondary literature on the subject under study, and careful, sound insight into the genre and its literary-theological dimensions a valuable contribution to the study of Hellenistic-Roman Judaism. ' Susan F. Mathews, Journal of Jewish Studies .

'.. .Collins's best articles...'<br>Eibert J.C. Tigchelaar, Journal for the Study of Judaism, 1998.<br>' These [] essays [] provide first-rate scholarly treatment of the primary texts in question, impressive mastery of the vast secondary literature on the subject under study, and careful, sound insight into the genre and its literary-theological dimensionsa valuable contribution to the study of Hellenistic-Roman Judaism.'<br>Susan F. Mathews, Journal of Jewish Studies.<br>

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John J. Collins, Ph.D. (1972) in Semitic Languages, Harvard, is Professor of Hebrew Bible at the University of Chicago. He has published widely on apocalypticism and Hellenistic Judaism. Recent books include a commentary on the book of Daniel in the Hermeneia series and The Scepter and the Star, on Messianism in the Dead Sea Scrolls.

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