Apocalyptic Eschatology in the Gospel of Matthew
Apocalyptic Eschatology in the Gospel of Matthew

Author: David C. Sim

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1996-03-21

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 0521553652

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This 1996 study reconstructs the apocalyptic eschatology in Matthew's Gospel so that we may understand his time and concerns. Sociological analysis of apocalypticism in Judaism and early Christianity shows that such a comprehensive world view, which emphasized the final judgement and its aftermath within a dualistic and deterministic framework, was adopted by minority of sectarian groups undergoing a situation of great crisis. The Matthean community, after the first Jewish war against Rome, came into conflict with Judaism, gentiles and the larger Christian movement. Matthew's distinctive and often vengeful vision must be set against both his acute need to enhance his community's sense of itself and his pastoral concern. Dr Sim offers for the first time in English an extended and comprehensive comparison of Matthew's outlook with contemporary eschatological literature.

Apocalyptic Eschatology in the Gospel of Matthew
Apocalyptic Eschatology in the Gospel of Matthew

Author: David C. Sim

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1996-03-21

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 9780521553650

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This study reconstructs the apocalyptic eschatology in Matthew's Gospel so we may understand his time and concerns. Sociological analysis of apocalypticism in Judaism and early Christianity shows that such a world view is adopted by a minority group in a time of great crisis. Matthew's distinctive and often vengeful vision must be set against his community's conflict with Judaism, Gentiles and the larger Christian movement and his acute need to enhance his community's sense of identity and out of pastoral concern.

Apocalyptic Eschatology in the Gospel of Matthew
Apocalyptic Eschatology in the Gospel of Matthew

Author: David C. Sim

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1996-03-21

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 9780521553650

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This study reconstructs the apocalyptic eschatology in Matthew's Gospel so we may understand his time and concerns. Sociological analysis of apocalypticism in Judaism and early Christianity shows that such a world view is adopted by a minority group in a time of great crisis. Matthew's distinctive and often vengeful vision must be set against his community's conflict with Judaism, Gentiles and the larger Christian movement and his acute need to enhance his community's sense of identity and out of pastoral concern.

Apocalyptic and the New Testament
Apocalyptic and the New Testament

Author: Marion L. Soards

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-01-29

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 1474236189

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A rich collection of essays exploring the meaning of 'apocalyptic' in the New Testament, by a variety of important scholars in the field.

The Jewish Apocalyptic Tradition and the Shaping of New Testament Thought
The Jewish Apocalyptic Tradition and the Shaping of New Testament Thought

Author: Benjamin E. Reynolds

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published: 2017-04-01

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 1506423426

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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.

The Character and Purpose of Luke's Christology
The Character and Purpose of Luke's Christology

Author: H. Douglas Buckwalter

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1996-08-28

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9780521561808

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This book explains why Luke said what he did about Jesus in his earthly ministry in the Gospel and about his work from heaven in Acts. Scholars have argued that Luke's christology is haphazard and lacks unity, that it is incompatible with the Gospel of Mark and with Paul's writings, and that Jesus is of subordinate rank to God. Buckwalter shows a unity, a compatibility with Mark and Paul, and for Jesus a divine rank equal to God. Luke's christology is by careful design: he portrays the exalted Jesus as God's co-equal.

Matthew 24-25 as Prophetic-Apocalyptic
Matthew 24-25 as Prophetic-Apocalyptic

Author: Kennedy K. Ekeocha

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2024-01-10

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1666783870

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Despite centuries of scholarly and popular engagement, much confusion still hangs over Jesus’ Olivet Discourse. There is no consensus on the nature and meaning of the disciples’ question in Matt 24:3. How is the temple’s fate related to the parousia or second coming of Jesus? Is the Great Tribulation past, present, or future? Will Christians be raptured to heaven? Should you rather prefer to be “left behind”? Combining inductive and discourse grammar approaches as bases for literary structure and analysis, this study is a holistic and compelling fresh interpretation of Jesus’ eschatological discourse that provides answers to these questions. The author shows that extant interpretive frameworks fail to adequately account for the biblical data. Moreover, and unlike the available treatments, the study sheds light on the discourse’s structural and theological function within Matthew’s Gospel as a whole and how it coheres with New Testament teaching in general.

Matthew 24-25 as Prophetic-Apocalyptic
Matthew 24-25 as Prophetic-Apocalyptic

Author: Kennedy K. Ekeocha

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2024-01-10

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 1666783854

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Despite centuries of scholarly and popular engagement, much confusion still hangs over Jesus’ Olivet Discourse. There is no consensus on the nature and meaning of the disciples’ question in Matt 24:3. How is the temple’s fate related to the parousia or second coming of Jesus? Is the Great Tribulation past, present, or future? Will Christians be raptured to heaven? Should you rather prefer to be “left behind”? Combining inductive and discourse grammar approaches as bases for literary structure and analysis, this study is a holistic and compelling fresh interpretation of Jesus’ eschatological discourse that provides answers to these questions. The author shows that extant interpretive frameworks fail to adequately account for the biblical data. Moreover, and unlike the available treatments, the study sheds light on the discourse’s structural and theological function within Matthew’s Gospel as a whole and how it coheres with New Testament teaching in general.

Revelation
Revelation

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Publisher: Canongate Books

Published: 1999-01-01

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 0857861018

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The final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.