@inbook{092be68ad82f4e46b7b4c718139aa30f,
title = "Analepsis, Prolepsis, and Eschatology in 2 Maccabees: That Was Now, This Is Then",
abstract = "The Hellenistic Jewish historiography known as 2 Maccabees contains an idealised account of the Judaean Revolt against the Seleucid Kingdom in which God operates as the author of and primary actor in history. Central to this history{\textquoteright}s presentation of God{\textquoteright}s absolute sovereignty is a narratological pattern of predictions about the future which rely on the past for rhetorical efficacy. The cumulative effect of this helical presentation of time is a merging of mundane time in the {\textquoteleft}real world{\textquoteright} and eschatological time in the {\textquoteleft}story world{\textquoteright}. When used alongside other temporal disruptors, like historical allusion and intertextuality, prolepsis enables 2 Macc{\textquoteright}s author to reach across past, present, and future to promote the awesome strength of his God. Taking this temporally three-dimensional approach to 2 Macc not only elucidates the literary mechanisms by which one author explained history, but also frees the analysis of ancient eschatology from the linearity and teleology that are often implicit in their accounts of history.",
author = "Glass, {R. Gillian}",
year = "2024",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1163/9789004715530_007",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-90-04-71552-3",
series = "The Language of Classical Literature",
publisher = "Brill",
pages = "115--141",
editor = "{Schomber }, Saskia and Aldo Tagliabue",
booktitle = "Prolepsis in ancient Greek narrative",
}