Download or read book Revealed Wisdom and Inaugurated Eschatology in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity written by Grant Macaskill and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007-02-28 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines four texts—1 Enoch, 4QInstruction, Matthew and 2 Enoch—and argues that in each the revealing of wisdom to an elect group inaugurates the eschatological period. This idea leads to the fusion of sapiential and apocalyptic elements.