The Jewish Apocalyptic Tradition and the Shaping of New Testament Thought

The Jewish Apocalyptic Tradition and the Shaping of New Testament Thought

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction

Jesus and the Gospels

Jesus the Revealer and the Revealed

Apocalypticism, Angels, and Matthew

Apocalypse and the Gospel of Mark

Angels and Visions in Luke-Acts

Apocalyptic Revelation in the Gospel of John

Paul and the Pauline Letters

Paul as an Apocalyptist

The Apocalyptic Eschatology of Romans

The Mystery of God’s Wisdom, the Parousia of a Messiah, and Visions of Heavenly Paradise

A Comparison of Paul’s Letter to the Galatians with the Epistle of Enoch

Apocalyptic Thought in the Epistles of Colossians and Ephesians

Apocalyptic Thought in Philippians

Paul the Seer and the Apocalyptic Community at Thessalonica

Apocalypticism in the Pastoral Epistles

Hebrews, the Catholic Epistles, and Revelation

Heavenly Revelation in the Epistle to the Hebrews

James and Apocalyptic Wisdom

Apocalypse and the Epistles of 1, 2 Peter and Jude

Demonology and Eschatology in the Oppositional Language of the Johannine Epistles and Jewish Apocalyptic Texts

The Book of Revelation as a Disclosure of Wisdom

Contributors

Index of Subjects and Key Terms

Index of Modern Authors