The Mantic Sage in the Bible and the Ancient Near East

Apocalyptic literature, describing the attempt to discover God's hidden plans for the future, arose in the fourth century B.C.E. On the surface, apocalyptic seems irreconcilably different from the sober and worldly wisdom literature. This lecture will argue that wisdom in all of its variety, including mantic wisdom, comes together at Qumran and other communities of early Judaism and primitive Christianity and feeds into apocalyptic. Presented by Leo G. Perdue, Brite Divinity School.