Carroll, John T.,  1954- <br/><br/>
The return of Jesus in early Christianity / 
John T. Carroll ; with Alexandra R. Brown, Claudia J. Setzer, and Jeffrey S. Siker. 
 - Peabody, MA :  Hendrickson Publishers,  c2000. 
 - xvii, 236 p. ;  hbk ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-219) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>1. The parousia of Jesus in the synoptic gospels and Acts --<br/>2. Paul and the parousia / Alexandra R. Brown --<br/>3. The parousia of Jesus in the Johannine literature --<br/>4. The parousia of Jesus in other New Testament writings : 1 Peter, James, Hebrews, and 2 Peter --<br/>5. The parousia of Jesus in second and third century Christianity / Jeffrey S. Siker --<br/>6. The parousia of Jesus and Jewish messianic hopes / Claudia J. Setzer --<br/>7. Centuries of waiting : the persistence of apocalyptic hope. 
<br/><br/> "The aim of this book is to show how the New Testament and other early Christian writings depicted the return of Jesus and other end-times topics. Further light is shed by descriptions of the first-century Jewish context and later developments in Christian thinking. The goal is not to construct a systematic eschatology for today that will convince everyone - an impossible task - but to understand the diversity of Christian teaching by illuminating the historical, social, and theological settings of the early Christian writings on the topic."--BOOK JACKET.  Publisher description: In The Return of Jesus in Early Christianity, John T. Carroll and three other scholars describe the origins of this hope in ancient Christian writings and its persistence to the present. Chapters on the New Testament explore the theme of the parousia, or return, of Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels and Acts, in the writings of Paul (a chapter by Alexandra R. Brown), in the Johannine writings, and in the Catholic Epistles. Jeffrey S. Siker describes Christian hope for Jesus' return in the two hundred years after the last New Testament books were written. Claudia J. Setzer relates the Christian hope to Jewish messianic expectations. A final chapter surveys key developments form Augustine through the Reformation to North American developments. Carroll concludes that even at the end of the twentieth century, Christian theology is irreducibly eschatological. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781565633414 (hbk.) 1565633415 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>00035091 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA2-1543 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Eschatology--Biblical teaching.<br/>Second Advent--Biblical teaching.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>236.9/CAR