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  • From: Lee Roy Martin <lmartin AT vol.com>
  • To: "Lisbeth S. Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] End of the Age
  • Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 11:37:51 -0400

Dear Liz,
In light of your statement below, do you understand apocalyptic as an entirely hellenistic invention?
If so, how do you perceive the transition from the prophetic to the apocalyptic. For example, it appears to me that some texts in Isaiah, Zechariah, Micah, Joel, Ezekiel, etc. seem to be moving toward a "new age/kindom age" orientation. Were all of these texts written in the Hellenistic period? Or maybe your definition of "end times" is different from mine. I am planning a future writing project on this topic, so I would very much appreciate hearing your viewpoint.
Thanks,
Lee R. Martin




On May 25, 2004, at 10:02 AM, Lisbeth S. Fried wrote:

I don't believe in end of ages.

HH: Thinking of history in terms of ages, and in
terms of an age coming to an end, was common in
first century Israel, evidently:
It probably started around the time of Daniel in the
Hellenistic period.
I'm stuck in the Persian period tho, and the end times
hadn't been invented yet.





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