This psychoanalytic study reads Jewish apocalypses as texts of mourning for the destruction of Jerusalem, arguing that the seers' experiences of traumatic loss, then visions of healing and recovery, all work to achieve the a ~apocalyptic curea (TM) for ancient Jewish society.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction:
"If I Forget You, O Jerusalem": Traumatic Memory and the Fall of Zion Chapter One:
Apocalyptic Melancholia and the Trauma of History Chapter Two:
Ezekiel: "Desolate Among Them" Chapter Three:
4 Ezra: "Because of My Grief I Have Spoken" Chapter Four:
2 and 3 Baruch: "Cease Irritating God" Conclusion:
The Apocalyptic Cure: Recovering the Future by Working-through the Past Epilogue:
Apocalyptic Melancholia and 9/11
