Apocalypticism in the Bible and Its World

2013 Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS) Award for Best Book Relating to the New Testament Frank Moore Cross Award, American Schools of Oriental Research (2013) Apocalypticism is not a peripheral topic in biblical studies. It represents the central, characteristic transformation of Hebrew thought in the period of the Second Temple. It therefore constituted the worldview of Jesus, Paul, and the earliest Christians, and it is the context in which the New Testament books were written. In this volume