Zasadnicze wątki apokaliptyczne apokryfów Starego Testamentu

Abstract

Among the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) apocrypha there are historical books, prophetical writings, hagiographies and apocalypses. After short presentation of apocryphal literature of the Hebrew Bible (especially The Book of Enoch, called also 1 Enoch or Ethiopian Enoch, The Book of Jubilee, Apocalypse of Baruch and 4 Ezra), author describes the main eschatological motifs in these writings. Special attention is paid on: universal cataclysm, appearing of Eliah (cf. Mal 3,23-24), appearing of Messiah, restoring of Jerusalem, messianic kingdom, resurrection, final judgment and universalism of salvation. These motifs are shown in a different way in each apocryphal writing. They are not representative for the Judaism as whole but rather for the environments in which they have their birth.