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1 online resource (154 pages) |
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The Library of New Testament Studies |
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Library of New Testament studies.
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Preface; Abbreviations; As ONE UNKNOWN, WITHOUT A NAME? CO-OPTING THE APOCALYPTIC JESUS; THE CIPHER 'JUDAISM' IN CONTEMPORARY HISTORICAL JESUS SCHOLARSHIP; COMPASSION IS TO PURITY AS FISH IS TO BICYCLE, AND OTHER REFLECTIONS ON CONSTRUCTIONS OF 'JUDAISM' IN CURRENT WORK ON THE HISTORICAL JESUS; APOCALYPTICISM AND ANTI-SEMITISM: INNER-GROUP RESOURCES FOR INTER-GROUP CONFLICTS; THE EARTH MOVED: JESUS, SEX, AND ESCHATOLOGY; THE PROBLEM OF APOCALYPTIC: FROM POLEMIC TO APOLOGETICS; THEOLOGICAL STAKES IN THE APOCALYPTIC JESUS DEBATE; RESPONSES; Bibliography; Index of Authors |
| Summary |
Virtually all scholars agree that apocalyptic and millenarianism formed at least part of the matrix of the culture in first-century Jewish Palestine, but there is a sharp disagreement concerning the extent to which Jesus shared apocalyptic and millenarian beliefs. Although there has been a great deal written defending or opposing an 'apocalyptic Jesus', almost nothing has been said on the questions of what, from the standpoint of modern historiography of Jesus, is at stake in the issue of whether or not he was an apocalypticist or a millenarian prophet, and what is at stake in arguing that his |
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Print version record |
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Jesus Christ -- Prophetic office -- Congresses
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Jesus Christ -- Historicity -- Congresses
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Jesus Christ fast |
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Millennialism -- Palestine -- History -- Congresses
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Historicity of Jesus Christ
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Millennialism
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Prophetic office of Jesus Christ
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Middle East -- Palestine
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Conference papers and proceedings
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Marshall, John
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| ISBN |
9780567352378 |
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0567352374 |
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