What did Jesus teach regarding the eschatological tribulation? Brant Pitre's answer to this basic question has ramifications for Jesus' understanding of his own identity and mission. Pitre examines key texts pertaining to Jesus' perception of his own death. In line with Jewish eschatological teachings of his day, Jesus taught that an eschatological tribulation would precede the final ingathering of God's exiled people and interpreted his own death as a key triggering event in that sequence. This comprehensive treatment of the Great Tribulation includes a provocative critique of N. T. Wright's understanding of exile and has important consequences for Jesus' messianic self-understanding. This fresh contribution to the question of Jesus and the atonement will be valued by New Testament scholars and biblical theology students alike.
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Brant Pitre (Ph.D., University of Notre Dame) is Donum Dei Professor of Word and Sacrament at Our Lady of Holy Cross College in New Orleans, Louisiana. He holds an M.T.S. in biblical studies and theology from Vanderbilt Divinity School.
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Brilliant scholarship! A must read.,
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This review is from: Jesus, the Tribulation, and the End of the Exile: Restoration Eschatology and the Origin of the Atonement (Paperback)
Pitre asks an interesting question: why haven't scholars investigated Jesus in light of eschatological tribulation? It's clear Jesus spoke of a coming time of tribulation often. The "Our Father" even ends with, "Lead us not into peirasmos" (p 1). "Yet no major monograph has been written on Jesus and the peirasmos-the 'testing' or 'time of trial' (p 1).It's really very odd. Jesus appeared to understand his mission in terms that were eschatological. So why has this theme been so little explored by current biblical scholarship? It seems messianic expectations were high among Jews in the time of Jesus. There was a hope for the coming of the Messiah and a hope for the return from exile of the lost tribes, all of which had been promised by many prophets, especially Daniel. Pitre goes into great depth digging through the evidence, providing ample evidence that runs through all sorts of different types of literature--"apocalypses, vision, hymnic literature, psalms, oracles, pesharim, rewritten Bible sectarian community rules, and various fragmentary pieces whose genre is no longer possible to determine (p128). Jesus made many enigmatic statements concerning a coming time of trouble. Pitre argues that Jesus expected to set in motion the "Great Tribulation...the framework...is derived from...prophecies found in the book of Daniel regarding the abomination of desolation, the coming of the Son of Man, and the restoration of Israel" (p 378). The important point Pitre is making is that this time of tribulation is tied to "nothing less than the climax of Israel's exilic sufferings" (p 379). This would be the New Exodus, leading to a restoration of the lost tribes, and it would require nothing less than a new Passover. This is a rich, meaty book, full of excellent scholarship. Pitre covers in depth the work that has been by other biblical scholars, and then as carefully as possible details what he has discovered in his research. I n Anyone with any interest in the New Testament will want to grab this book. And another good thing: I believe this was written as a doctoral thesis. So the odds are Pitre is young and we can expect many more books from him. I will be on the lookout.
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This review is from: Jesus, the Tribulation, and the End of the Exile: Restoration Eschatology and the Origin of the Atonement (Paperback)
Brant Pitre's "Jesus, the Tribulation, and the End of the Exile," his dissertation from Notre Dame, is a phenomenal work at the highest caliber. Pitre sifts through the best scholarship concerning eschatology to deliver a thorough treatment of one of Scripture's most difficult topics. After elucidating a proper hermeneutic for understanding eschatological literature, Pitre systematically analyzes several key eschatological texts within the Jewish tradition. He then studies several "enigmatic" sayings of Jesus concerning the tribulation and a new eschatological age. Using the context of the Jewish eschatological tradition, Pitre is able to show Jesus' allusions back to this tradition. In doing so, he gives the reader a deep understanding of Jesus' death and the tribulation that follow. Furthermore, Pitre, within this eschatological tradition, helps the reader comprehend how the Jews expected the exile to end and the restoration of Israel to begin.Rarely is a dissertation able to bring together such complex and disparate intertestimental themes into one coherent system of thought. Pitre's book is a must read for the current discussion on eschatology and the historical Jesus.
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This review is from: Jesus, the Tribulation, and the End of the Exile: Restoration Eschatology and the Origin of the Atonement (Paperback)
As the author of several books on eschatology myself, some of which discuss the Tribulation, I have found Pitre's work to be one of the finest examinations of the eschatological significance of the Tribulation to be found anywhere! I have recommomended this book to virtually all of my ministerial peers, including publically at a seminar just this last weekend (July 17-19).Much of the modern day sensationalistic paranoia about the end times would be defused by a careful reading of, and application of Dr. Pitre's analysis. Jesus undeniably posited the Tribulation-- in fulfillment of the prophets-- for his generation. Pitre's careful exegesis helps to illustrate this powerful and important point, in a calm, sane, contextual and logical manner. Wonderful book! Don K. Preston President Preterist Research Institute www.eschatology.org The Elements Shall Melt With Fervent Heat: A Study of 2 Peter 3
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