The apocalyptic literature /
Stephen L. Cook.
- Nashville, TN : Abingdon Press, c2003.
- 233 p. ; 23 cm.
- Interpreting Biblical texts .
Encountering apocalyptic worlds -- The danger of domesticating the apocalyptic texts -- A new search for the literal sense of apocalyptic texts -- The social worlds behind the apocalyptic literature -- Reading the apocalyptic texts of the Bible -- Early apocalyptic texts among the prophetic books -- Book of Daniel -- Apocalypticism and the Jesus group -- Apocalyptic worlds and the early Christian churches -- The book of Revelation.