Knowing the End From the Beginning The Prophetic, Apocalyptic, and their Relationship

Much has been written on prophecy and apocalypticism in recent decades, but the relationship between the two has been little explored. This collection of essays address the subject from a variety of points of view, including the issues of definitions, ancient Near Eastern "prophecies," social anthropology, place of the temple, and modern apocalyptic movements. Arguing that many scholars operate with subconscious assumptions about how apocalyptic writings relate to the prophetic writings, Grabbe asserts that many of these assumptions now need to be questioned in the light of the essays in this volume. Such a comprehensive attempt to tackle the main theoretical issues arising from the study of the prophetic and the apocalyptic has not been attempted for some time.