The Dawn of Apocalyptic

alyptic ancient apocalyptic eschatology apocalyptic literature archaic attack b₁ Book of Isaiah Canaanite chapter classical prophets composition conflict myth context contrast cosmic covenant cult cultic Davidic defiled Divine Warrior Hymn elements emendation enemies eschaton exile Ezek Ezekiel faithful genre Haggai hierocratic group hierocratic party hierocratic tradition historical events holy hope house of Yahweh interpretation Israel Jerusalem Jewish Judah judgment king land later leaders Levites literature material meter motifs mythic nations oppressed original parallel passage Persian Pesh plain history polemic political post-exilic community post-exilic period pre-exilic priesthood priestly priests program of restoration promise prophecy prophetic group prophetic tradition prosodic unit Psalm recognize ritual pattern salvation Second Isaiah seems servants shepherd situation sixth century structure struggle temple cult theme theophany Third Isaiah tion typology Ugaritic verses victory vision visionary group visionary tradition word Yahweh Yahwism Zadokite Zech Zechariah 14 Zerubbabel Zion יהוה