Persepolis and Jerusalem

Dr. Jason M. Silverman completed his doctorate at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. He has edited two collections, A Land Like Your Own (2010) and Text, Theology, and Trowel (2011).

• Table of Figures and Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Prolegomena: Iran, the Apocalypses, and Influence - Introit - History of Iranian Influence - Apocalyptic Studies - Types of Influence and Transmission I: The Iranian Sources: Religion and Royal Ideology - Introduction - Evidence from Classical Authors - Religious Situation in Iran - Persian Archaeology and Royal Ideology - Summary II: The Achaemenid Context - Babylonia - Media and Iranian Lands - Egypt - Palestine - Royal Road and Royal Mail Summary - Excursus: Elam and Eastern Iran in Anšan - Several Theological and Sociological Affinities III: The Media of Influence: Orality, Literacy, and Interaction - Importance of Orality and its Role in Influence -Importance of Interiorization for Apocalyptic -Implications for Investigation of Influence IVa: Textual Analyses, Biblical Literature - Ezekiel 37:1-14 - Ezekiel 38-39 - Daniel 2 - Excursus: On the Watchers IVb: Textual Analyses, Enochic Literature - Book of Watchers (1-36) - Book of Parables/Similitudes (37-71) - Birth of Noah Fragment (106-107) - Conclusion V: An Apocalyptic Hermeneutic - Introit: The Proposal - Hermeneutics: Re-Interpretation and Application of Traditions - The Apocalyptic Hermeneutic's Blueprint - Reconstructing the Apocalyptic Hermeneutic (with an Eye towards Iran) - Conclusions Metalegomena Appendix I: Primary Sources Appendix II: Glossary of Iranian Terms Appendix III: Annotated Definitions Bibliography

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