A fresh and daring take on ancient apocalyptic books.
In Apocalypse Against Empire Anathea Portier-Young reconstructs the historical events and key players in this traumatic episode in Jewish history and provides a sophisticated treatment of Resistance in early. marked the beginning of a period of intense persecution for the people of Judea, as Seleucid emperor Antiochus IV Epiphanes attempted -- forcibly and brutally -- to eradicate traditional Jewish religious practices.
The year 167 b.c.e.
A fresh and daring take on ancient apocalyptic books