Eschatology in the Bible and in Jewish and Christian Tradition (Library Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies) [Hardcover]

Henning Graf Reventlow (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1997 | Series: Library Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies (Book 243)

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 discussion (from the Jewish side) on messianism and Zionism, Qumran, Mishnah and Kabbalah, and (from the Christian side) on the Bible, recent Protestant ethics and systematic theology. The volume concludes with the report of a panel discussion on the essence of eschatology in Jewish and Christian thinking: is it a spiritualized idea or a material expectation for the world?>

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About the Author

Henning Graf Reventlow is Professor Emeritus of Old Testament Exegesis and Theology, Faculty of Protestant Theology, University of the Ruhr, Bochum, Germany.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 274 pages
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press (July 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1850756643
• ISBN-13: 978-1850756644
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
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