Bible Verse Lookup
Suggestions for Further Reading
Primary Texts
Most of the extra-biblical apocalypses discussed in this essay appear in two recent English translations of pseudepigrapha associated with figures from the Hebrew Bible:
The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, vol. 1. James H. Charlesworth, ed. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1983.
The Apocryphal Old Testament. H. F. D. Sparks, ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1984.
Secondary Works
Collins, John J. The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to the Jewish Matrix of Christianity. New York: Crossroad, 1984. An excellent introduction to apocalyptic literature.
Himmelfarb, Martha. “From Prophecy to Apocalypse: The Book of the Watchers and Tours of Heaven.” In Arthur Green, ed., Jewish Spirituality: From the Bible through the Middle Ages, pp. 145–65. New York: Crossroad, 1986. Treats the emergence of apocalyptic tours of heaven.
Nickelsburg, George W. E. Jewish Literature Between the Bible and the Mishnah. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1981. Excellent treatments of individual works considered here.
Stone, Michael E. Scriptures, Sects and Visions. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1980. Challenging discussion of varieties of early Judaism with particular interest in apocalyptic literature.
