Format:
1 online resource (241 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789004181991
Series Statement:
Biblical Interpretation Ser. v.99
Content:
This psychoanalytic study reads Jewish apocalypses as texts of mourning for the destruction of Jerusalem, arguing that the seers' experiences of traumatic loss, then visions of healing and recovery, all work to achieve the 'apocalyptic cure' for ancient Jewish society.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction "If I Forget You, O Jerusalem": Traumatic Memory and the Fall of Zion -- Chapter One Apocalyptic Melancholia and the Trauma of History -- Chapter Two Ezekiel: "Desolate Among Them" -- Chapter Three 4 Ezra: "Because of My Grief I Have Spoken" -- Chapter Four 2 and 3 Baruch: "Cease Irritating God" -- Conclusion The Apocalyptic Cure: Recovering the Future by Working-through the Past -- Epilogue Apocalyptic Melancholia and 9/11 -- Bibliography -- Index.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004181816
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004181816
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=583724
