Full title
Genre without a Name: Was There a Hebrew Term for 'Apocalypse'?
Research notes
reader checked|18/02/2012 AL
Reference type
Year
2009
Journal / Book Title || Series Title
Journal for the Study of Judaism
Volume
40
Number of volumes
0
Issue / Series Volume
4-5
Pages
540-550
Alternative title
JSJ
Label
04/01/2010
Abstract
Although the term for “apocalypse” is not attested as a title or genre definition in the extant corpus of Hebrew or Jewish Aramaic documents, some early Hebrew, Syriac, and Arabic texts may contain rudimentary evidence in favor of the existence of a Hebrew or Jewish Aramaic equivalent for the term. Moreover, its reconstruction can contribute to better understanding of certain wide spread apocalyptic imagery, which must be closely connected to the semantics of this term.