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1 online resource (444 pages) |
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Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche ; v. 59 |
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Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche.
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FOREWORD; ABSTRACT AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF TABLES; ABBREVIATIONS; 1. THE QUESTION OF THE ANTICHRIST MYTH; 1.1 The Question of the Origins and Early Development of the Antichrist Myth; 1.2 Recent Research into the Origins of the Antichrist Myth; 1.3 The Present Study; I. THE ANTICHRIST MYTH IN THE THIRD CENTURY CE; 2. INTRODUCTION: THE WITNESSES AND THE PERIOD; 2.1 The Witnesses; 2.2 The Period; 2.3 The Method; 3. USE OF SCRIPTURE TO ELUCIDATE THE MYTH; 3.1 The Book of Daniel; 3.2 2 Thessalonians; 3.3 The Book of Revelation; 3.4 Other Biblical Passages |
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4. SKETCHES OF THE ANTICHRIST FIGURE4.1 The Antichrist Figure and the Satan Figure; 4.2 False Teachers and Heretics; 4.3 The Unparalleled Evil of the Antichrist; 4.4 The Sinful Pride of the Antichrist; 4.5 The Antichrist's Claim to Divine Honours; 4.6 The Sovereignty of God; 5. THE ACTIVITY OF THE ANTICHRIST FIGURE; 5.1 The Origins of the Antichrist; 5.2 The Military Conquests of the Antichrist; 5.3 The Antichrist's Treatment of the Jews; 5.4 The Dominion of the Antichrist; 5.5 The Name of the Antichrist; 5.6 The Destruction of the Antichrist and his Domain |
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5.7 Ambivalence Towards the Roman Empire in the Antichrist Literature of the Third Century5.8 Summary: The Antichrist Myth in Christian Literature of the Third Century; II. ANTECEDENT TRADITIONS TO THE ANTICHRIST MYTH; 6. INTRODUCTION: THE SEARCH FOR ORIGINS; 7. DEMONIC POWERS IN EARLY JEWISH WRITINGS; 7.1 Non-Qumran Literature; 7.2 Qumran; 8. ANTIOCHUS IV IN JEWISH TRADITION; 8.1 The Crisis and the Tyrant; 8.2 Daniel; 8.3 The Animal Apocalypse; 8.4 Jubilees; 8.5 1 Maccabees; 8.6 2 Maccabees; 8.7 The Testament of Moses; 8.8 Sibylline Oracles |
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9. ASPECTS OF HELLENISTIC JEWISH WRITINGS WITH PARALLELS TO THE LATER ANTICHRIST LITERATURE9.1 False Teachers and Heretics; 9.2 Lawlessness and the Climax of Evil; 9.3 The Deceit Motif; 9.4 The Endtyrant Figure; 9.5 The Jewish People; 9.6 Persecution of the Elect; 9.7 Divine Sovereignty; 9.8 The Destruction of the Hostile Powers; 9.9 Ambivalence Towards the Roman Empire; III. THE EMERGING ANTICHRIST MYTH; 10. INTRODUCTION: CONVERGING STRANDS IN JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN LITERATURE PRIOR TO 175 CE; 11. THE ENDTYRANT TRADITIONS PRIOR TO 70 CE; 11.1 The Synoptic Gospels; 11.2 2 Thessalonians |
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11.3 The Book of Revelation12. THE ENDTYRANT TRADITIONS AFTER 70 CE; 12.1 Sibylline Oracles; 12.2 The Epistle of Barnabas; 12.3 4 Ezra; 12.4 The Apocalypse of Abraham; 12.5 2 (Syriac Apocalypse of) Baruch; 12.6 The Odes of Solomon; 12.7 3 (Greek Apocalypse of) Baruch; 12.8 The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs; 12.9 Sibylline Oracles; 13. THE EARLIEST ANTICHRIST TRADITIONS; 13.1 The Didache; 13.2 The Testament of Hezekiah; 13.3 The Johannine Epistles; 13.4 The Apocalypse of Peter; 13.5 Polycarp, Epistle to the Philippians; 13.6 Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho |
| Summary |
The Origins and Early Development of the Antichrist Myth |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-441) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Antichrist -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600
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Eschatology.
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Eschatology.
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
90021517 |
| ISBN |
9783110869545 |
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3110869543 |
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