Jamboree to be held in Jerusalem to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls (1997)
Collins is the authority on the subject of apocalyptic.
Part of the authoritative series on the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Huge topicality - explosion of books on the scrolls since release of photos in 1992.
This series focuses on interpreting the texts themselves with no commentary context or analysis.
'Extemely helpful (especially for undergraduates).' - Dr R.W. Bell, Nottingham University
'This book will be invaluable for students and scholars alike, clarifying as it does the relationship between the Enochic, sapiential, and the Qumran traditions while discussing several central issues concerning the origin and problem of evil, eschatological expectation and war, messianism, the afterlife and the heavenly realm. - Theological Book Review
`As an introduction guide, this book serves its purpose well in engaging the reader with many of the most important texts for studying DSS apocalypticism. His isolation of those features which are representative of the apocalyptic community will provide a helpful point of departure for others working in this area. This book provides a welcome addition on a major topic in the DSS and early Judaism'
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John Collins is currently the Professor of Hebrew Bible and Post-Biblical Judaism at the University of Chicago. His books include Between Athens and Jerusalem (1983); The Apocalyptic Imagination (1984); Daniel (Hermeneia Commentary, 1993); and The Scepter and the Star (1995). He has served as editor of the Journal of Biblical literature and President of the Classical Biblical Association.