CONTENTS
Introduction
PART ONE: The Social-Political Context of Apocalyptic and Wisdom Texts
1. Ben Sira and the Sociology of the Second Temple
2. The Politics of Cultural Production
3. The Social Settings of the Components of 1 Enoch
PART TWO: Reconsiderations of Texts in Historical Contexts
4. Israel at the Mercy of Demonic Powers: An Enochic Interpretation of Imperialism
5. Social Relations and Social Conflict in the Epistle of Enoch
6. Fourth Ezra: Anti-Apocalyptic Apocalypse
7. Late Twentieth-Century Scribes' Study of Late Second Temple Scribes
PART THREE: Questioning the Categories as Applied to the Gospels and James
8. Questions about Wisdom and Apocalypticism
9. Sayings of the Sages or Speeches of the Prophets? Reflections on the Genre of Q
10. Apocalypticism and Wisdom: Missing in Mark
11. Apocalypticism in the Gospels? The Kingdom of God and the Renewal of Israel
12. The Rich and Poor in James: An Apocalyptic Ethic

Richard A. Horsley is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Liberal Arts and the Study of Religion at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. His numerous publications include these recent works from Cascade Books: Empowering the People: Jesus, Healing, and Exorcism (2022), You Shall Not Bow Down and Serve Them: The Political Economic Projects of Jesus and Paul (2021), Jesus and the Politics of Roman Palestine, 2nd ed. (2021), Jesus and Magic (2014), and Text and Tradition in Performance and Writing (2013).