This book explores the reaction to the Roman destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 found in Jewish apocalypses and related literature preserved among the Pseudepigrapha (4 Ezra, 2 Baruch, 3 Baruch, 4 Baruch, Sibylline Oracles 4 and 5, and the Apocalypse of Abraham)
Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. "Are the deeds of Babylon better than those of Zion?" 4 Ezra and the Delayed Punishment of Rome -- Chapter Three. "Why do you look for the decline of your enemies?" 2 Baruch and the Roman Question -- Chapter Four. "Where is their God?" 3 Baruch and the Divine Government of the Cosmos -- Chapter Five. "Let anyone who desires the Lord forsake the works of Babylon" 4 Baruch and Jewish Cooperation with Rome -- Chapter Six. "Then the strife of war will come to the West" Sibylline Oracle 4 and the Conflict of East and West -- Chapter Seven. "Then he will return declaring himself equal to God" Sibylline Oracle 5 and the Return of Nero -- Chapter Eight. "And I saw there the likeness of the idol of jealousy" The Apocalypse of Abraham and Jewish Idolatry -- Chapter Nine. Conclusion
