04194nam 2200697 450 991046065660332120210506014013.03-11-057811-53-11-043547-03-11-043686-810.1515/9783110436860(CKB)3710000000497009(EBL)4179777(SSID)ssj0001580569(PQKBManifestationID)16259763(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001580569(PQKBWorkID)14794551(PQKB)10970217(MiAaPQ)EBC4179777(DE-B1597)456668(OCoLC)952799352(DE-B1597)9783110436860(Au-PeEL)EBL4179777(CaPaEBR)ebr11123897(CaONFJC)MIL876222(OCoLC)932333670(EXLCZ)99371000000049700920151222h20152015 uy 0engurnnu---|u||utxtccrMystery and the making of a Christian historical consciousness from Paul to the second century /T.J. LangBerlin, Germany ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :De Gruyter,2015.©20151 online resource (306 p.)Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft,0171-6441 ;Volume 219Description based upon print version of record.3-11-043687-6 3-11-044267-1 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgements --1. Introduction --2. Μυστήριον in the Undisputed Pauline Letters --3. Μυστήριον and the Deuteropauline Mystery Schema of Revelation. Part 1: Ephesians and Colossians --4. Μυστήριον and the Deuteropauline Mystery Schema of Revelation. Part 2: The Pastoral Epistles and the Romans 16:25–27 Doxology --5. Mystery and History in the Letters of Ignatius and the Epistle to Diognetus --6. Mystery, Scriptural Meaning, and the “Grace to Understand” in Justin Martyr’s Dialogue with Trypho --7. Mystery, Scriptural Meaning, and Ritual Performance in Melito’s Peri Pascha --8. Mystery, Scriptural Meaning, and the Unity of God in Tertullian and his Against Marcion --Conclusion --Bibliography --Index of names --Index of Ancient SourcesIn general, theological terms this study examines the interplay of early Christian understandings of history, revelation, and identity. The book explores this interaction through detailed analysis of appeals to "mystery" in the Pauline letter collection and then the discourse of previously hidden but newly revealed mysteries in various second-century thinkers. T.J. Lang argues that the historical coordination of the concealed/revealed binary ("the mystery previously hidden but presently revealed") enabled these early Christian authors to ground Christian claims - particularly key ecclesial, hermeneutical, and christological claims - in Israel's history and in the eternal design of God while at the same time accounting for their revelatory newness. This particular Christian conception of time gives birth to a new and totalizing historical consciousness, and one that has significant implications for the construction of Christian identity, particularly vis-à-vis Judaism.Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche ;Volume 219.MysteryHistory of doctrinesEarly church, ca. 30-600RevelationHistory of doctrinesEarly church, ca. 30-600Church historyPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600Electronic books.MysteryHistory of doctrinesRevelationHistory of doctrinesChurch history230/.13Lang T. J.1980-1053812MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460656603321Mystery and the making of a Christian historical consciousness2485922UNINA