Till Jesus comes : origins of Christian apocalyptic expectation /
Charles L. Holman.
- Peabody, MA : Hendrickson Publishers, c1996.
- xli, 181 p. ; pbk ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Pt. 1: The roots of New Testament eschatology : the Old Testament hope -- Emergence of expectation -- Expectation and the crisis of exile -- Pt. 2: Expectation and delay in Jewish apocalyptic writings -- Preliminary considerations -- Early Jewish apocalypses -- Apocalyptic ideas in other early writings -- Concluding thoughts on early Jewish apocalyptic eschatology -- Later Jewish apocalypses (after A.D. 70) -- Pt. 3: Expectation in New Testament apocalyptic writings -- 2 Thessalonians 2 : the "Pauline apocalypse" -- The Synoptic apocalypse -- Revelation -- Pt. 4: Conclusion and challenge for today -- Review and conclusions -- Some conclusions for faith and practice.
Early Christian writings share an understanding that believers live in the end-times. This leads to the common expectation, the common hope, that God would one day achieve final and ultimate victory in the coming of Jesus. This book traces the origins of this understanding in the Old Testament, in prophetic literature, in Jewish apocalyptic writings, and in the New Testament. The resulting map informs the church of today that still lives between the times.
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Apocalyptic literature. Eschatology--Biblical teaching. Second Advent--Biblical teaching.