Wydarzenia czasów ostatecznych w hymnicznych prorocstwach eschatologicznych Księgi Daniela (Dn 12,1-3) i Testamentu Mojżesza (TestMojż 10,1-10)

Abstract

In the Jewish apocalyptic writings of the Second Temple Period (from 3rd cen- tury BC till 2nd century AD) – and in the latter Christian apocalypses – events of the eschatological times are presented as a sequence of the consecutive events. The ultimate salvation of the righteous and the faithful to God and the establishment of the perfect and everlasting reality (i.e. the kingdom of God) will be preceded by a period of great oppression and the activity of evil powers that would finally be defeated and annihilated by the victorious Divine intervention. This article contains the exegetical analysis of two hymnic eschatological prophecies that are found in the biblical Book of Daniel (12:1–3) and in the apocryphal Testament of Moses (10:1–10). Both hymns date back to the mid-second century BC, that is from the time of crisis which was caused by Antiochus IV Epiphanes’ persecutions of Jews. Both writings were composed in the same social milieu, namely, in the sapiential circles of the priestly origins that focused mostly on being faithful to God, on preserving the purity, and on remaining united with the community of the spiritual world of heaven.