Research Catalog

Title

The return of Jesus in early Christianity / John T. Carroll ; with Alexandra R. Brown, Claudia J. Setzer, and Jeffrey S. Siker.

Author

Carroll, John T., 1954-

Publication

Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, ©2000.

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Description

xvii, 236 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"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."--Jacket.

Subject

• Geschichte 30-600
• Eschatology > Biblical teaching
• Second Advent > Biblical teaching
• 11.51 early Christianity
• Frühchristentum
• Parusie
• Wederkomst van Christus
• Vroege kerk
• parousie > Jésus-Christ > Eglise primitive > études diverses

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-219) and indexes.

Contents

The parousia of Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels and Acts / John T. Carroll -- Paul and the parousia / Alexandra R. Brown -- The parousia of Jesus in the Johannine literature / John T. Carroll -- The parousia of Jesus in other New Testament writings : 1 Peter, James, Hebrews, and 2 Peter / John T. Carroll -- The parousia of Jesus in second and third century Christianity / Jeffrey S. Siker -- The parousia of Jesus and Jewish Messianic hopes / Claudia J. Setzer -- Centuries of waiting : the persistence of apocalyptic hope / John T. Carroll.

ISBN

• 1565633415
• 9781565633414

LCCN

00035091

OCLC

• ocm43894302
• 43894302
• SCSB-1221428

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library