The Parousia and Its Rereadings
The Development of the Eschatological Consciousness in the Writings of the New Testament
Will be published approx. on 8. October 2001
Book
Hardback
XVI, 284 pages
978-0-8204-4995-1 (ISBN)
Description
One of the fundamental presuppositions of the theology of the Old Testament is the coming of God to establish the kingdom and to vindicate God's people, Israel. This metaphor receives ample and diverse treatment in the Hebrew Bible, ranging from beliefs in a temporal, earthly kingdom to a supra-temporal, heavenly kingdom. In the New Testament, this idea informs the early church's belief in a future coming of Christ at the end of the age to save and to judge and to usher in God's reign. This book attempts to analyze three different rereadings of this concept in the writings of the New Testament: the letters of Paul, the Gospel of Mark, and the second letter of Peter.
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The Author: Osvaldo D. Vena is Associate Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. He received his Th.D. from Superior Institute of Theological Education (ISEDET) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Although this is his first book, he has published articles in both Spanish and English.