Eschatology in the Bible and in Jewish and Christian Tradition (Jsot Supplement Series, 243)

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Editor's Preface......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 10
List of Contributors......Page 13
Messianism and Zionism / Yhoshua Amir......Page 14
Early Christian Faith as 'Hope against Hope' / Horst Balz......Page 32
Not All is in the Hands of Heaven: Eschatology and Kabbalah / Rachel Elior......Page 50
Eschatology and Ethics: Their Relation in Recent Continental Protestantism / Christofer Frey......Page 63
Eschatology in the Book of Jeremiah / Yair Hoffman......Page 76
Points of Departure for a Christian Eschatology / Christian Link......Page 99
The Son of Man and the Angels: Reflections on the Formation of Christology in the Context of Eschatology / Gottfried Nebe......Page 112
Eschatological Motives in Qumran Literature: The Messianic Concept / Bilhah Nitzan......Page 133
Leadership and Messianism in the Time of the Mishnah / Aharon Oppenheimer......Page 153
The Eschatologization of the Prophetic Books: A Comparative Study / Henning Graf Reventlow......Page 170
Character and Function of Divine Sayings in the Elijah and Elisha Traditions / Winfried Thiel......Page 190
From Prophetic to Apocalyptic Eschatology / Benjamin Uffenheimer......Page 201
Expectations of the Divine Kingdom in Biblical and Post Biblical Literature / Moshe Weinfeld......Page 219
Aspects of the Last Judgment in the Gospel According to Matthew / Klaus Wengst......Page 234
Panel Discussion......Page 247
Index of References......Page 255
Index of Authors......Page 265