This study examines the changes and developments in three early Christian communities' expectations of Christ's return and the End of the World. Mark 13, Matthew 24 and 25 and Didache 16 are analyzed to find how early Christian expectations developed and how they were affected by the delay of Christ's return. The book questions the accepted models of change and offers new insights into the communities behind the Gospels of Mark and Matthew and behind the early Christian writing known as the Didache.
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This study examines the changes and developments in three early Christian communities' expectations of Christ's return and the End of the World. Mark 13, Matthew 24 and 25 and Didache 16 are analysed to find how early Christian expectations developed and how they were affected by the delay of Christ's return. The book questions the accepted models of change and offers new insights into the communities behind the Gospels of Mark and Matthew and behind the early Christian writing known as the Didache.
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There are indications in the canon of the New Testament and in early extra-canonical sources that the delay of the parousia of Christ presented the early church with an eschatological and theological problem. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
flight oracle, flight tradition, puppet high priest, eschatological delay, world deceiver, parousia hope, consistent eschatology, apocalyptic source, eschatological discourse, imminent expectation, literary deposit, eschatological material, foolish maidens, antichrist figure, original parable, synoptic material, eschatological expectation, redactional addition, plotted time, desolating sacrilege, implied reader, synoptic tradition Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Testament, Jewish Christians, Kingdom of Heaven, Son of Man, Kingdom of God, Mark's Gospel, Gospel of Matthew, John the Baptist, Gospel of Mark, Markan Vorlage, Jerusalem Temple, Judean Christians, Matthean Sondergut, Nazarene Jewish Christianity, Antiochus Epiphanes, God's Kingship, Jerusalem Christians, Palestinian Christianity, Strong Man New!
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There are indications in the canon of the New Testament and in early extra-canonical sources that the delay of the parousia of Christ presented the early church with an eschatological and theological problem. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
flight oracle, flight tradition, puppet high priest, eschatological delay, world deceiver, parousia hope, consistent eschatology, apocalyptic source, eschatological discourse, imminent expectation, literary deposit, eschatological material, foolish maidens, antichrist figure, original parable, synoptic material, eschatological expectation, redactional addition, plotted time, desolating sacrilege, implied reader, synoptic tradition Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Testament, Jewish Christians, Kingdom of Heaven, Son of Man, Kingdom of God, Mark's Gospel, Gospel of Matthew, John the Baptist, Gospel of Mark, Markan Vorlage, Jerusalem Temple, Judean Christians, Matthean Sondergut, Nazarene Jewish Christianity, Antiochus Epiphanes, God's Kingship, Jerusalem Christians, Palestinian Christianity, Strong Man New!
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- The Jewish War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Flavius Josephus on 7 pages
- Greek New Testament-FL (Greek and English Edition) by B. Aland in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Jesus Tradition outside the Gospels by Wenham in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Fourth Ezra (Hermeneia: a Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible) by Michael Edward Stone on page 175, page 176, and Back Matter
- The Background of the New Testament and its Eschatology by W. D. Davies in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- The Reception of the New Testament in the Apostolic Fathers by Andrew Gregory on page 88, and Back Matter
- The New Testament and the Apostolic Fathers: 2-Volume Set by Andrew Gregory on page 88, and Back Matter
- The Other Hand of God: The Holy Spirit as the Universal Touch and Goal by Kilian McDonnell on page 39
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