City of ruins [electronic resource] : mourning the destruction of Jerusalem through Jewish apocalypse / by Dereck Daschke.
By: Daschke, Dereck
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TextSeries: Biblical interpretation series: v. 99.; Brill ebook titles: Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010Description: x, 231 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789004181816 (hardback : alk. paper); 9004181814 (hardback : alk. paper); 9789004181991 (electronic book)Subject(s): Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) | Bible. Ezekiel -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Bible. Ezra -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Greek Apocalypse of Baruch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism | Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D | Eschatology, JewishLOC classification: BS1705 | .D37 2010Online resources: Click here to access online Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-221) and index.Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago Divinity School, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-221) and index.
Introduction. "If I forget you, O Jerusalem" : traumatic memory and the fall of Zion -- I. Apocalyptic melancholia and the trauma of history -- II. Ezekiel : "Desolate among them" -- III. Ezra : "Because of my grief I have spoken" -- IV. 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.
