The strength needed to enter the Kingdom of God: an exegetical and theological study of Luke 16,16 in context
Cover -- Titel -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- List of Symbols and Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- A. Luke 16,16: A Preliminary Critical Analysis and Translation -- B. Matt 11,12-13: A Similar Saying but in a Different Context -- C. The Present State of...
| Summary: | Cover -- Titel -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- List of Symbols and Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- A. Luke 16,16: A Preliminary Critical Analysis and Translation -- B. Matt 11,12-13: A Similar Saying but in a Different Context -- C. The Present State of Research: A Bundle of Unresolved Issues -- D. The Scope of a New Proposal and its Justification -- E. A Summary of the Methodological Arrangement of this Proposal -- Chapter 2: A History of the Interpretation of an Enigmatic Saying -- A. Introduction -- B. An Uncontested Traditional Understanding in both East and West -- I. The Positive Voice of the Fathers of the Church -- 1. The Greek Fathers -- a) Two Interwoven Strands: Self and God -- b) A Thievish and Heavenly Violence: Fasting, Prayer and Alms -- c) A Profitmaking Relationship: Violence and Possessions -- 2. The Latin Fathers -- a) Equivalent Features: Interwoven, Thievish and Profitable βία -- b) A Western Enhancement: Faith and Love -- c) A Western Peculiarity: Legal Categories and Concepts -- 3. The Patristic Vision of the Kingdom of God -- a) An Earthly or Heavenly Spiritual Dimension -- b) A Political or Ecclesial Earthly Power -- c) Ultimately: Eternal Life with God in Heaven -- II. The Positive Echo of the Middle Ages -- 1. In the Eastern World -- 2. In the Western World -- 3. The Medieval Vision of a Political Earthly Kingdom -- C. The Rise of Modern Scholarship: First Attempts and Final Impasse -- I. A Gradual Swing Towards the In Malam Partem Solution -- II. A. Schweizer and his Interpretation of βία as "Physical Violence" -- III. A. von Harnack and the Eventual Polarization of the Discussion -- D. A Summary of the Major Proposals in Recent Decades -- I. The Greek Impasse and the Question of a Conjectural Semitic Original -- II. The Question of the Jewish Background. |
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| ISBN: | 3161568605 |