Part I. INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS 1 INTRODUCTION - Lester L. Grabbe, Professor Em., University of Hull, UK 2 THE SELEUCID AND HASMONEAN PERIODS AND THE APOCALYPTIC WORLDVIEW--AN OVERVIEW - Lester L. Grabbe, Professor Em., University of Hull, UK 3 NON-APOCALYPTIC RESPONSES TO APOCALYPTIC EVENTS: NOTES ON THE SOCIOLOGY OF APOCALYPTICISM Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan, USA Part II. MAJOR PAPERS AND RESPONSES 4 UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE APOCALPTIC WORLDVIEW AND JEWISH SECTARIAN VIOLENCE: THE CASE OF THE WAR BETWEEN ALEXANDER JANNAEUS AND DEMETRIUS III - Kenneth Atkinson, University of Northern Iowa, USA RESPONSE TO ATKINSON, Albert I. Baumgarten, Bar-Ilan University, Israel RESPONSE TO ATKINSON, Sandra Gambetti, City University of New York (CUNY), USA 5 WAS THE MACCABEAN REVOLT AN APOCALYPTIC MOVEMENT? - Gerbern S. Oegema, Mcgill University, Canada RESPONSE TO OEGEMA - Lorenzo DiTommaso, Concordia University, Canada RESPONSE TO OEGEMA - John Kampen, Methodist Theological School, USA 6 APOCALYPTIC WORLDVIEWS--WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW THEY SPREAD: INSIGHTS FROM THE SOCIAL SCIENCES - Anathea E. Portier-Young, Duke Divinity School, USA RESPONSE TO PORTIER-YOUNG -Edward Dabrowa, Jagiellonian University, Poland RESPONSE TO PORTIER-YOUNG -Torleif Elgvin, NLA University College, Norway 7 OVERALL RESPONSE TO THE MAIN PAPERS - Erich Gruen, University of California, USA Part III. SHORT PAPERS Part IV. CONCLUSIONS PERSPECTIVES ON APOCALYPTIC IN THE HASMONAEAN PERIOD Lester L. Grabbe, Professor Em., University of Hull, UK.

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