Eschatology in the Bible and in Jewish and Christian tradition [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Henning Graf Reventlow

• Pubblicazione: Sheffield, England, : Sheffield Academic Press, c1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 236
• Soggetto topico: Eschatology - Biblical teaching; Eschatology - Comparative studies; Eschatology - History of doctrines; Eschatology, Jewish
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ReventlowHenning, Graf
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Editor's Preface; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Messianism and Zionism; Early Christian Faith as 'Hope against Hope'; Not All is in the Hands of Heaven: Eschatology and Kabbalah; Eschatology and Ethics: Their Relation in Recent Continental Protestantism; Eschatology in the Book of Jeremiah; Points of Departure for a Christian Eschatology; The Son of Man and the Angels: Reflections on the Formation of Christology in the Context of Eschatology; Eschatological Motives in Qumran Literature: The Messianic Concept; Leadership and Messianism in the Time of the Mishnah ; The Eschatologization of the Prophetic Books: A Comparative StudyCharacter and Function of Divine Sayings in the Elijah and Elisha Traditions; From Prophetic to Apocalyptic Eschatology; Expectations of the Divine Kingdom in Biblical and Postbiblical Literature; Aspects of the Last Judgment in the Gospel according to Matthew; Panel Discussion; Index of References; Index of Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: This is the fourth volume in the series of collaborations between the Department of Bible in Tel Aviv University, Israel, and the Faculty of Theology in the University of the Ruhr, Bochum, Germany. This symposium, held in Bochum in 1995, discussed a topic important for both communities of believers, starting with the Bible and tracking its role through the different stages of the respective tradition-histories. This time the theme was eschatology. The participants engaged in a lively discussion (from the Jewish side) on messianism and Zionism, Qumran, Mishnah and Kabbalah, and (from the Christ
• Titolo autorizzato: Eschatology in the Bible and in Jewish and Christian tradition
• ISBN: 1-281-81403-2; 9786611814038; 0-567-53404-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453379103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies