The Cultic Setting of Realized Eschatology in Early Christianity

THE CULTIC SETTING
OF REALIZED ESCHATOLOGY
IN EARLY CHRISTIANITY......Page 3
Copyright Page......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 9
The Phenomenon of \"Realized\" Eschatology in Early Christianity......Page 11
Statement of the Thesis......Page 18
Major Ways of Conceptualizing Eschatological Salvation as a Realized Phenomenon in Early Christian Experience......Page 21
Application of the Thesis to a Controlled Typological Grouping of Interrelated Texts......Page 33
Introduction......Page 39
The Thesis of Heinz-Wolfgang Kuhn......Page 41
Realized Eschatology and the Paradise Motif......Page 47
Conclusions......Page 52
Introduction to the Problem......Page 55
The Communal Setting and Socio-Religious Environment out of Which the Fourth Gospel Arose......Page 75
The Character of the Realized Eschatology of the Fourth Gospel......Page 112
Conclusions......Page 143
Introduction to the Problem......Page 146
Ignatius\' Conception of the Gospel......Page 149
Modes of Appropriating the Benefits of Salvation......Page 152
The Nature and Significance of Eschatological Salvation......Page 162
Conclusions......Page 174
Introduction......Page 176
The Cultic Setting of the Odes......Page 184
The Cultic Setting of Eschatological Salvation in the Odes......Page 194
Conclusion......Page 203
Introduction......Page 205
The Nature of Salvation According to Marcion......Page 207
Marcion\'s Conception of Future Eschatological Existence......Page 212
The Present Appropriation of Future Eschatological Existence......Page 221
Ascetic Motivations in Early Syrian Christianity and Marcion......Page 225
Conclusions......Page 229
SUMMARY......Page 230
Indices......Page 236