Apocalyptic and Wisdom in 4 Ezra

Abstract

APOCALYPTIC AND WISDOM IN 4 EZRA BY MICHAEL A. KNIBB London I It was, I suppose, vorr RAD who first gave prominence to the idea that apocalyptic is a form of wisdom. In itself the idea is quite old; it can be found already in an article on Daniel published by H6LSCHER in 1919 and can be traced back even before this'). However, in the face of the overwhelming view that apocalyptic is the child of prophecy it was only with the publication in 1960 of volume 2 of vorr RAD's Theologie des Alien Testaments (where his arguments on the