Lester L. Grabbe is Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull, UK, as well as being series editor of the Library of Second Temple Studies.Gabriele Boccaccini is Professor of Second Temple Judaism and Early Rabbinic Literature at the University of Michigan, USA.Jason M. Zurawski is a PhD candidate in Second Temple Judaism at the University of Michigan, USA.

There is a high level of interaction between the papers, resulting in nuanced discussion of several key issues … A clear guide to the state of several interlocking discussions, and provides useful focus concerning some rather underdetermined issues.

• Part I. INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS1 INTRODUCTION- Lester L. Grabbe, Professor Em., University of Hull, UK2 THE SELEUCID AND HASMONEAN PERIODS AND THE APOCALYPTIC WORLDVIEW--AN OVERVIEW- Lester L. Grabbe, Professor Em., University of Hull, UK3 NON-APOCALYPTIC RESPONSES TO APOCALYPTIC EVENTS: NOTES ON THE SOCIOLOGY OF APOCALYPTICISMGabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan, USAPart II. MAJOR PAPERS AND RESPONSES4 UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE APOCALPTIC WORLDVIEW AND JEWISH SECTARIAN VIOLENCE: THE CASE OF THE WAR BETWEEN ALEXANDER JANNAEUS AND DEMETRIUS III- Kenneth Atkinson, University of Northern Iowa, USARESPONSE TO ATKINSON, Albert I. Baumgarten, Bar-Ilan University, IsraelRESPONSE TO ATKINSON, Sandra Gambetti, City University of New York (CUNY), USA5 WAS THE MACCABEAN REVOLT AN APOCALYPTIC MOVEMENT?- Gerbern S. Oegema, Mcgill University, CanadaRESPONSE TO OEGEMA- Lorenzo DiTommaso, Concordia University, CanadaRESPONSE TO OEGEMA- John Kampen, Methodist Theological School, USA6 APOCALYPTIC WORLDVIEWS--WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW THEY SPREAD: INSIGHTS FROM THE SOCIAL SCIENCES- Anathea E. Portier-Young, Duke Divinity School, USARESPONSE TO PORTIER-YOUNG-Edward Dabrowa, Jagiellonian University, Poland RESPONSE TO PORTIER-YOUNG-Torleif Elgvin, NLA University College, Norway7 OVERALL RESPONSE TO THE MAIN PAPERS- Erich Gruen, University of California, USAPart III. SHORT PAPERSPart IV. CONCLUSIONSPERSPECTIVES ON APOCALYPTIC IN THE HASMONAEAN PERIODLester L. Grabbe, Professor Em., University of Hull, UK.

Lester L. Grabbe is Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull, UK, as well as being series editor of the Library of Second Temple Studies.Gabriele Boccaccini is Professor of Second Temple Judaism and Early Rabbinic Literature at the University of Michigan, USA.Jason M. Zurawski is a PhD candidate in Second Temple Judaism at the University of Michigan, USA.

There is a high level of interaction between the papers, resulting in nuanced discussion of several key issues … A clear guide to the state of several interlocking discussions, and provides useful focus concerning some rather underdetermined issues.

• Part I. INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS1 INTRODUCTION- Lester L. Grabbe, Professor Em., University of Hull, UK2 THE SELEUCID AND HASMONEAN PERIODS AND THE APOCALYPTIC WORLDVIEW--AN OVERVIEW- Lester L. Grabbe, Professor Em., University of Hull, UK3 NON-APOCALYPTIC RESPONSES TO APOCALYPTIC EVENTS: NOTES ON THE SOCIOLOGY OF APOCALYPTICISMGabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan, USAPart II. MAJOR PAPERS AND RESPONSES4 UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE APOCALPTIC WORLDVIEW AND JEWISH SECTARIAN VIOLENCE: THE CASE OF THE WAR BETWEEN ALEXANDER JANNAEUS AND DEMETRIUS III- Kenneth Atkinson, University of Northern Iowa, USARESPONSE TO ATKINSON, Albert I. Baumgarten, Bar-Ilan University, IsraelRESPONSE TO ATKINSON, Sandra Gambetti, City University of New York (CUNY), USA5 WAS THE MACCABEAN REVOLT AN APOCALYPTIC MOVEMENT?- Gerbern S. Oegema, Mcgill University, CanadaRESPONSE TO OEGEMA- Lorenzo DiTommaso, Concordia University, CanadaRESPONSE TO OEGEMA- John Kampen, Methodist Theological School, USA6 APOCALYPTIC WORLDVIEWS--WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW THEY SPREAD: INSIGHTS FROM THE SOCIAL SCIENCES- Anathea E. Portier-Young, Duke Divinity School, USARESPONSE TO PORTIER-YOUNG-Edward Dabrowa, Jagiellonian University, Poland RESPONSE TO PORTIER-YOUNG-Torleif Elgvin, NLA University College, Norway7 OVERALL RESPONSE TO THE MAIN PAPERS- Erich Gruen, University of California, USAPart III. SHORT PAPERSPart IV. CONCLUSIONSPERSPECTIVES ON APOCALYPTIC IN THE HASMONAEAN PERIODLester L. Grabbe, Professor Em., University of Hull, UK.

Lester L. Grabbe is Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull, UK, as well as being series editor of the Library of Second Temple Studies.Gabriele Boccaccini is Professor of Second Temple Judaism and Early Rabbinic Literature at the University of Michigan, USA.Jason M. Zurawski is a PhD candidate in Second Temple Judaism at the University of Michigan, USA.

There is a high level of interaction between the papers, resulting in nuanced discussion of several key issues … A clear guide to the state of several interlocking discussions, and provides useful focus concerning some rather underdetermined issues.

• Part I. INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS1 INTRODUCTION- Lester L. Grabbe, Professor Em., University of Hull, UK2 THE SELEUCID AND HASMONEAN PERIODS AND THE APOCALYPTIC WORLDVIEW--AN OVERVIEW- Lester L. Grabbe, Professor Em., University of Hull, UK3 NON-APOCALYPTIC RESPONSES TO APOCALYPTIC EVENTS: NOTES ON THE SOCIOLOGY OF APOCALYPTICISMGabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan, USAPart II. MAJOR PAPERS AND RESPONSES4 UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE APOCALPTIC WORLDVIEW AND JEWISH SECTARIAN VIOLENCE: THE CASE OF THE WAR BETWEEN ALEXANDER JANNAEUS AND DEMETRIUS III- Kenneth Atkinson, University of Northern Iowa, USARESPONSE TO ATKINSON, Albert I. Baumgarten, Bar-Ilan University, IsraelRESPONSE TO ATKINSON, Sandra Gambetti, City University of New York (CUNY), USA5 WAS THE MACCABEAN REVOLT AN APOCALYPTIC MOVEMENT?- Gerbern S. Oegema, Mcgill University, CanadaRESPONSE TO OEGEMA- Lorenzo DiTommaso, Concordia University, CanadaRESPONSE TO OEGEMA- John Kampen, Methodist Theological School, USA6 APOCALYPTIC WORLDVIEWS--WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW THEY SPREAD: INSIGHTS FROM THE SOCIAL SCIENCES- Anathea E. Portier-Young, Duke Divinity School, USARESPONSE TO PORTIER-YOUNG-Edward Dabrowa, Jagiellonian University, Poland RESPONSE TO PORTIER-YOUNG-Torleif Elgvin, NLA University College, Norway7 OVERALL RESPONSE TO THE MAIN PAPERS- Erich Gruen, University of California, USAPart III. SHORT PAPERSPart IV. CONCLUSIONSPERSPECTIVES ON APOCALYPTIC IN THE HASMONAEAN PERIODLester L. Grabbe, Professor Em., University of Hull, UK.