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Jesus, Paul and the End of the World
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- Length: 306 pages
- Dimensions: 6 × 9 in
- Published: April 13, 1992
- Imprint: IVP Academic
- Item Code: 1759
- ISBN: 9780830817597
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More than eighty years ago Albert Schweitzer posed a question of enduring debate for New Testament scholarship. Did Jesus--and later Paul--believe that the apocalyptic kingdom of God was about to appear, bringing an end to this world? Indeed, what were the eschatological teachings of Jesus and Paul? Is there any appreciable continuity between the two?
Ben Witherington takes a hard look at the Gospel texts and makes a thorough and critical assessment of Paul's eschatology. For each topic examined--the language of imminence, the dominion of God, the community of Christ, the Israel of God, the day of the Lord and the resurrection of the dead--he compares and contrasts Jesus and Paul. The result is an important contribution to our understanding of New Testament eschatology.
With the second millennium drawing to a close and world events sparking the speculations of popular religious imaginations, Witherington provides a timely and sober re-examination of a topic too long neglected by serious scholarship.
CONTENTS
Introduction
Part One: The Language of Imminence
1. Paul, Jesus and the Language of Imminence
2. Between Daybreak and Day: The Pauline Evidence
3. Dawn?s First Light: The Evidence from Jesus? Teaching
4. The Origin of an Orientation
Part Two: The Dominion of God
5. The Reign of the Regent: Paul and the Basileia tou Theou
6. The Realm of Possibilities: Jesus and the Basileia tou Theou
7. Conclusions
Part Three: The Community of Christ
8. Introduction
9. Paul and the Body of Christ
10. Jesus and the Foundation Stones
11. Conclusions
Part Four: Paul, Jesus and the Israel of God
12. Introduction
13. Paul and the Plight of His People
14. Jesus and the Jews? Just Due
15. Conclusions
Part Five: The Day of the Lord
16. Introduction
17. Perusing the Parousia: The Pauline Evidence
18. Future Shock: Jesus on the Coming Son of Man
19. Conclusions
Part Six: The Resurrection of the Dead
20. Introduction
21. Body Language: Paul and the Resurrection
22. Before and Afterlife: Jesus and the Resurrection
23. Conclusions
Part Seven: Jesus, Paul and the End of the World
24. The Eschatological Schema
25. The Future of a Future in a Modern World
Appendix: Old Testament Prophecy
Notes
Bibliography
Index
