The Antecedents of Antichrist: A Traditio-Historical Study of the Earliest Christian Views on Eschatological Opponents

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BRILL, 1996 - 380 pagina's
The present volume discusses the earliest Christian views on eschatological opponents and their backgrounds in contemporary Judaism. It treats the rich variety of early Christian speculations on the subject and shows that, within this variety, a continuity with Jewish speculations is to be discerned.
Part One of this book treats the early Christian passages of the period up to Irenaeus that contain speculations on the coming of an eschatological opponent. Part Two offers a survey of Jewish expectations that formed the basis for the Christian speculations discussed. After the General Conclusion the book finishes with an extensive Bibliography and an Index.
The book is of interest for any student of early Christian eschatology and the continuity between early Christianity and contemporary Judaism.
 

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PREFACE
1
PART
20
2 THESSALONIANS 2112
63
1 AND 2 JOHN AND POLYCARP PHIL 71
96
DIDACHE 16
170
EPISTLE OF BARNABAS 4
184
THE ASCENSION OF ISAIAH 4
194
CONCLUSION TO PART ONE
206
THE LITERATURE FOUND IN QUMRAN
258
THE ASSUMPTION OF MOSES
297
THE BOOK OF FOURTH EZRA
303
THE SYRIAC APOCALYPSE OF BARUCH
316
THE SIBYLLINE ORACLES
326
CONCLUSION TO PART TWO
340
BIBLIOGRAPHY
346
INDEX LOCORUM
370

THE BOOK OF DANIEL
224
THE BOOK OF JUBILEES
239

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Lambertus J. Lietaert Peerbolte, obtained his Ph.D. degree at the University of Leiden in 1995. His thesis formed the basis for the monograph. Currently he is employed at the Seminary of the Dutch Reformed Church in Leiden.

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