Eschatology in the Bible and in Jewish and Christian Tradition
This is the fourth volume in the series of collaborations between the Department of Bible in Tel Aviv University, Israel, and the Faculty of Theology in the University of the Ruhr, Bochum, Germany. This symposium, held in Bochum in 1995, discussed a topic important for both communities of believers, starting with the Bible and tracking its role through the different stages of the respective tradition-histories. This time the theme was eschatology. The participants engaged in a lively...
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Editor's Preface7Abbreviations9List of Contributors12Messianism and Zionism13Early Christian Faith as 'Hope against Hope'31Not All is in the Hands of Heaven: Eschatology and Kabbalah49Eschatology and Ethics: Their Relation in Recent Continental Protestantism62Eschatology in the Book of Jeremiah75Points of Departure for a Christian Eschatology98The Son of Man and the Angels: Reflections on the Formation of Christology in the Context of Eschatology111Eschatological Motives in Qumran Literature: The Messianic Concept132Leadership and Messianism in the Time of the Mishnah152The Eschatologization of the Prophetic Books: A Comparative Study169Character and Function of Divine Sayings in the Elijah and Elisha Traditions189From Prophetic to Apocalyptic Eschatology200Expectations of the Divine Kingdom in Biblical and Postbiblical Literature218Aspects of the Last Judgment in the Gospel according to Matthew233Panel Discussion246Index of References254Index of Authors264
