L' "apocalisse Di Pietro" Come Apocalisse Cristiana = The "Apocalypse of Peter" as a Christian Apocalypse
The oldest Christian writings usually labelled as apocalypses are the Revelation of John (end of the 1st century), the Ascension of Isaiah (probably around 100), the Apocalypse of Peter (very likely from the years 132-135) and the Shepherd of Hermas (around 140 or earlier). Though all of them displa...
| Subtitles: | The "Apocalypse of Peter" as a Christian Apocalypse |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Italian |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Ed. Morcelliana
[2020]
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| In: |
Rivista di storia del cristianesimo
Year: 2020, Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 111-183 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBK Soteriology NBQ Eschatology |
| Further subjects: | B
Teoria dei prototipi e genere apocalittico
B Earliest Christian apocalypses B Apocalypse B Apocalisse di Pietro B ISAIAH (Biblical prophet) B Salvation of sinners in Early Christianity B Jews B Prime apocalissi cristiane B Revelation B Salvezza dei peccatori nel primo cristianesimo B Apocalypse of Peter B Christian Literature B Theory of prototypes and apocalyptic genre |
| Summary: | The oldest Christian writings usually labelled as apocalypses are the Revelation of John (end of the 1st century), the Ascension of Isaiah (probably around 100), the Apocalypse of Peter (very likely from the years 132-135) and the Shepherd of Hermas (around 140 or earlier). Though all of them display several distinctive features of apocalypses, they markedly differ from each other concerning not only their theological ideas, but also their overall framework. This shows that the first Christian apocalypses do not follow one and the same existing pattern, though they use themes and topics already well attested in former Jewish apocalypses. A detailed analysis of the Apocalypse of Peter shows that it uses traditional themes and probably written sources in order to develop, in the form of a revelation, an interpretation of Christ's saving activity with a specific and extremely seldom message, implying universal salvation following the Last Judgment, despite its description of the punishments of sinners. Finally, resorting to the "theory of prototypes" in order to define the apocalyptic genre does not seem really useful on account of the diversity among the first three Christian apocalypses, that makes the selection of (a) prototype(s) difficult. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Rivista di storia del cristianesimo
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