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- The Jewish Apocalyptic Tradition and the Shaping of New Testament Thought
- Book
- 2017
- Published by: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
summary
The contemporary study of Jewish apocalypticism today recognizes the wealth and diversity of ancient traditions concerned with the “unveiling” of heavenly matters‒‒understood to involve revealed wisdom, the revealed resolution of time, and revealed cosmology‒‒in marked contrast to an earlier focus on eschatology as such. The shift in focus has had a more direct impact on the study of ancient “pseudepigraphic” literature, however, than in New Testament studies, where the narrower focus on eschatological expectation remains dominant. In this Companion, an international team of scholars draws out the implications of the newest scholarship for the variety of New Testament writings. Each entry presses the boundaries of current discussion regarding the nature of apocalypticism in application to a particular New Testament author. The cumulative effect is to reveal, as never before, early Christianity, its Christology, cosmology, and eschatology, as expressions of tendencies in Second Temple Judaism.
Table of Contents
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- Abbreviations
- pp. xiii-xvi
- Introduction
- pp. 1-12
- Part I. Jesus and the Gospels
- 3. Apocalypse and the Gospel of Mark
- pp. 53-78
- 4. Angels and Visions in Luke-Acts
- pp. 79-108
- Part II. Paul and the Pauline Letters
- 6. Paul as an Apocalyptist
- pp. 131-154
- 11. Apocalyptic Thought in Philippians
- pp. 233-244
- 13. Apocalypticism in the Pastoral Epistles
- pp. 259-274
- Part III. Hebrews, the Catholic Epistles, and Revelation
- 15. James and Apocalyptic Wisdom
- pp. 293-306
- Contributors
- pp. 361-364
- Index of Subjects and Key Terms
- pp. 365-368
- Index of Modern Authors
- pp. 369-378
Additional Information
ISBN
9781506423425
Related ISBN(s)
9781451492668
MARC Record
OCLC
982466737
Pages
300
Launched on MUSE
2017-04-30
Language
English
Open Access
No