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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809555403321

Autore

Fuller Michael E

Titolo

The restoration of Israel : Israel's re-gathering and the fate of the nations in early Jewish literature and Luke-Acts / / Michael E. Fuller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter de Gruyter, c2006

ISBN

3-11-092621-0

Descrizione fisica

xi, 332 p

Collana

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche, , 0171-6441 ; ; Bd. 138

Classificazione

BC 7240

Disciplina

296.3/1173

Soggetti

Jews - Restoration - Biblical teaching

Jews - Restoration - History of doctrines

Israel (Christian theology) - Biblical teaching

Apocryphal books (Old Testament) - Criticism, interpretation, etc

Jewish religious literature - History and criticism

Jews - History - 586 B.C.-70 A.D

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Slightly revised version of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Durham, 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [274]-309) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Re-gathering of Israel -- Chapter 2. The Fate of the Nations and Other Enemies -- Chapter 3. Israel's Restoration in Luke-Acts -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of References -- Index of Modern Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This study identifies and explores texts of restoration in a wide selection of Early Jewish Literature in order to assess the variety of ways in which Jews envisioned Israel's future restoration. Particular attention is given to the expression of restoration in what is identified in the present study as the exilic model of restoration. In this model, Israel's restoration is characterized by the features of (a) a future re-gathering, (b) the fate of the nations, and (c) the establishment of a new Temple. The present work focuses primarily on the first two features. Through this framework Jews in the Greco-Roman period could draw on Israel's history and legacy, but re-appropriate 'exile and return' in new and creative ways. Finally, the writing of Luke-Acts is investigated for its



ideas of restoration and its indebtedness to Early Jewish traditions.