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

395 Pages·2017·5.58 MB·English

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

The Jewish Apocalyptic
Tradition and the Shaping of
New Testament Thought
Benjamin E. Reynolds and Loren T. Stuckenbruck, editors
Fortress Press
Minneapolis
JEWISH APOCALYPTIC TRADITION AND THE SHAPING OF NEW TESTAMENT THOUGHT
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in recognition of her contribution to the understanding of early Christianity
in relation to the Jewish apocalyptic tradition

Contents
Preface xi
Abbreviations xiii
Introduction 1
Benjamin E. Reynolds and Loren T. Stuckenbruck
Part I.Jesus and the Gospels
1. Jesus the Revealer and the Revealed 15
Leslie A. Baynes
2. Apocalypticism, Angels, and Matthew 31
Kristian Bendoraitis
3. Apocalypse and the Gospel of Mark 53
Grant Macaskill
4. Angels and Visions in Luke-Acts 79
Kindalee Pfremmer De Long
5. Apocalyptic Revelation in the Gospel of John 109
Revealed Cosmology, the Vision of God, and Visionary Showing
Benjamin E. Reynolds
Part II.Paul and the Pauline Letters
6. Paul as an Apocalyptist 131
Christopher Rowland
7. The Apocalyptic Eschatology of Romans 155
Creation, Judgment, Resurrection, and Glory
Karina Martin Hogan
8. The Mystery of God’s Wisdom, the Parousia of a Messiah, and Visions 175
of Heavenly Paradise
1 and 2 Corinthians in the Context of Jewish Apocalypticism
Matthew Goff
9. A Comparison of Paul’s Letter to the Galatians with the Epistle of 193
Enoch
James M. Scott
10. Apocalyptic Thought in the Epistles of Colossians and Ephesians 219
Benjamin Wold
11. Apocalyptic Thought in Philippians 233
Angela Standhartinger
12. Paul the Seer and the Apocalyptic Community at Thessalonica 245
John Byron
13. Apocalypticism in the Pastoral Epistles 259
Mark Harding
Part III.Hebrews, the Catholic Epistles, and Revelation
14. Heavenly Revelation in the Epistle to the Hebrews 277
Eric F. Mason
15. James and Apocalyptic Wisdom 293
Mariam Kamell Kovalishyn
16. Apocalypse and the Epistles of 1, 2 Peter and Jude 307
Chad Pierce
17. Demonology and Eschatology in the Oppositional Language of the 327
Johannine Epistles and Jewish Apocalyptic Texts
Bennie H. Reynolds, III
18. The Book of Revelation as a Disclosure of Wisdom 347
Loren T. Stuckenbruck
Contributors 361
Index of Subjects and Key Terms 365
Index of Modern Authors 369