Features of the Eschatology of IV Ezra

by Michael E. Stone

1ST EDITION, Hardcover, green cloth, issued w/o dust jacket, clean unmarked copy. By Michael Edward Stone. Published by Scholars Press, 1989, 8vo, xi, 303pp. Critical and Related Problems (Dating; An Approach to Apocalyptic Thought; Textual Criticism); The Two Ages (Contrasts between the Ages; The End; Descriptions of the New World); Conclusions (New Exegetical Solutions; New Definitions of Eschatalogical Events and Concepts; Associational Complexes; Other Eschatological Matters.) Includes Index and Selected Bibliography. Harvard Semitic Studies 35

316 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

Reviews

[Jeff McCormack · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not quite what I was thinking it might be, and the more I read, the more I just couldn't get into it, yet I pushed ahead. I cannot say that I take much away from it. It is a very dry scholarly type paper, where he deals a lot with previous writers on IV Ezra (people I am not familiar with) and so it feels dated. Plus, there is very little of IV Ezra actually quoted within, but tons of references to verses and what others have said about them. I guess if I had opened a copy of IV Ezra and read along it might have been a little more easily to follow (and understandable), but as is, I did not profit very much from this read. Fortunately I got an excellent price and so do not feel like I wasted much on procuring this title.