Primitive Christian Eschatology

Revised throughout before publication, this 1912 text consists of a detailed exploration of Christian eschatology from its Old Testament origins onward.

E. C. Dewick (Author)

9780521233255, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 9 June 2011

438 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.55 kg

Originally published in 1912, this volume was based upon the Cambridge University Hulsean Prize essay for the year 1908. Revised throughout before publication, the text consists of a detailed exploration of Christian eschatology from its Old Testament origins onward. Written at a time when the eschatological aspects of religion had in many ways been discredited by the rise of scientific rationalism, it also constitutes an attempt to give credence to the position of eschatology as an abiding theological problem. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the development of Christianity and the history of theology.

Introduction
Part I. Old Testament Eschatology: 1. Primitive beliefs
2. Early Hebrew eschatology
3. The doctrine of the prophets: the future of the individual
4. The doctrine of the prophets (continued): the future of the world
5. The eschatology of the post-exilic Jews
Part II. The Apocalyptic Literature of Later Judaism: 6. The characteristics of the apocalyptic literature
7. The apocalypses of the Maccabees
8. The apocalypses of the Pharisees
9. The apocalypses of the fall of Jerusalem
10. The eschatology of the Jews of the 'the dispersion'
Part III. Christ's Eschatology: 11. Introductory
12. The people to whom Christ preached
13. Our Lord's preparation for his ministry
14. The preaching of 'The Kingdom of God'
15. The messianic consciousness of our Lord
16. The great refusal
17. The eschatological discourse, etc.
18. The events of Passion Week and the post-Resurrection teaching
19. The eschatology of our Lord in the Fourth Gospel
20. Christ's eschatology - general conclusions
Part IV. The Eschatology of the Apostles: 21. The most primitive Christian eschatology (the Acts of the Apostles)
22. The eschatology of the non-Pauline epistles
23. The eschatology of St Paul
24. The apocalypse of St John
Part V. Eschatology in the Sub-Apocalyptic Church: 25. The decline of primitive Judaeo-Christian eschatology
26. The apocalyptic literature of early Christianity
27. The influence of Greek thought upon primitive Christian eschatology
28. The characteristics of sub-apostolistic eschatology
Part VI. The Evidential Value of Primitive Christian Eschatology
29. General conclusions
Appendices on the Eschatology of the religions of Babylonia, Egypt, and Persia
Index.

Subject Areas: Church history [HRCC2]