Hope of the Early Church: A Handbook of Patristic Eschatology [Paperback]

Brian Daley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2003

Professor Daley traces the growth of Christian thought about last things from its Jewish roots and the teaching of Jesus through the first seven centuries of Christian doctrinal development, covering not only the well-known Greek and Latin church fathers but also lesser-known writers and the Syriac, Coptic, and Armenian literature.

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"This is an excellent and thought-provoking synthesis of a wide range of early Christian eschatological statements, chiefly Greek and Latin, designed to support Professor Brian Daley's thesis that there was a basic unity in the Christian expectations about the end of the world or of individuals, in spite of striking idiosyncrasies that sometimes came to be regarded as heretical."
--The Journal of Religion (from published reviews of the hardcover edition)

"This is a well-researched, well-written study of the development of early Christian eschatology and the situations that influenced its development. It should be of interest and importance to anyone interested in New Testament studies, patristics, and the development of Christian doctrine. The work includes extensive notes and a detailed bibliography divided according to general topics and individual authors."
--Church History (From published reviews of the hardcover edition) -- Review

About the Author

Brian E. Daley, SJ, is the Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers (June 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565637372
• ISBN-13: 978-1565637375
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A common hope, September 9, 2005

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This review is from: Hope of the Early Church: A Handbook of Patristic Eschatology (Paperback)

This book by Brian Daley is a wonderful resource for those who want to ascertain whether the hope by which Christians live in the present is the same hope as that by which Christians after New Testament times lived and for which many died. The book is a goldmine of information and insight; it is beautifully written and helpfully structured. The notes are a splendid tool for further research, as is the excellent bibliography. Daley concludes that there is an 'eschatological consensus', though it is expressed in very varied forms. This is the work of a first-rate scholar and an elegant writer.