02267pam a2200349 a 4500 4943071 AU-EpEBC 20151030182940.0 960216s1996 mau b 001 0 eng 96010722 0943575745 (pbk.) DLC DLC DLC BS646 .H65 1996 236/.09/015 20 EW Holman, Charles L. 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. Apocalyptic literature. Eschatology Biblical teaching. Second Advent Biblical teaching. Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hend021/96010722.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0706/96010722-b.html ddc 34751 34751 0 0 ddc 0 0 236 Eschatology MAIN MAIN OS 2013-02-26 Donated 2013 by Andrew Collins. 5.00 0 236.09105/HOL 12671 2013-02-26 00:00:00 1 50.00 2013-02-26 AM