The corruption and redemption of creation: nature in Romans 8.19-22 and Jewish apocalyptic literature
Nature plays an important and often neglected role in Jewish apocalypses. Most Second Temple Jewish apocalypses (ca. 200 BC - AD 100) do not oppose the material world, but view nature as damaged by human and angelic sin. Rather than expecting God to destroy the world, many look forward to God's...
| Published in: | Library of New Testament studies |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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London [u.a.]
T & T Clark
c 2006
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| In: |
Library of New Testament studies (336)
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| Series/Journal: | Library of New Testament studies
336 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Römerbrief 8,19-22
/ Apocalypticism
/ Early Judaism
/ Creation theology
B Romans / Judaism / Apocalypticism / Redemption |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible. Epistles of Paul
Theology
B Bible. Romans, VIII, 19-22 Criticism, interpretation, etc B Nature Religious aspects B Eschatology B Apocalyptic Literature History and criticism |
| Summary: | Nature plays an important and often neglected role in Jewish apocalypses. Most Second Temple Jewish apocalypses (ca. 200 BC - AD 100) do not oppose the material world, but view nature as damaged by human and angelic sin. Rather than expecting God to destroy the world, many look forward to God's dramatic eschatological deliverance of nature from corruption. Although "Romans 8:19-22" was not written in the genre of an apocalypse, it shares the basic apocalyptic worldview. The Apostle Paul follows that stream of apocalyptic thought that looks forward to the transformation of creation by an eschatological divine act, the reversal of the damage caused by sin, and the perfection of nature to share glory with redeemed humanity. A comparison of nature in Jewish apocalypses and "Romans 8:19-22" reveals important insights into the theology of early Judaism and its influence on early Christian thought. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| ISBN: | 0567030555 |