The origins and early development of the Antichrist myth / Gregory C. Jenks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jenks, Gregory C. (Gregory Charles), 1952-

Series:

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der alteren Kirche ; Beiheft 59.

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der alteren Kirche ; Bd. 59

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antichrist--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Antichrist.

Eschatology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 416 pages)

Edition:

Reprint 2010

Other Title:

Antichrist myth

Antichrist myth.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, 1991.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Origins and Early Development of the Antichrist Myth

Contents:

Front matter

1. THE QUESTION OF THE ANTICHRIST MYTH

I. THE ANTICHRIST MYTH IN THE THIRD CENTURY CE

2. INTRODUCTION: THE WITNESSES AND THE PERIOD

3. USE OF SCRIPTURE TO ELUCIDATE THE MYTH

4. SKETCHES OF THE ANTICHRIST FIGURE

5. THE ACTIVITY OF THE ANTICHRIST FIGURE

II. ANTECEDENT TRADITIONS TO THE ANTICHRIST MYTH

6. INTRODUCTION: THE SEARCH FOR ORIGINS

7. DEMONIC POWERS IN EARLY JEWISH WRITINGS

8. ANTIOCHUS IV IN JEWISH TRADITION

9. ASPECTS OF HELLENISTIC JEWISH WRITINGS WITH PARALLELS TO THE LATER ANTICHRIST LITERATURE

III. THE EMERGING ANTICHRIST MYTH

10. INTRODUCTION: CONVERGING STRANDS IN JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN LITERATURE PRIOR TO 175 CE

11. THE ENDTYRANT TRADITIONS PRIOR TO 70 CE

12. THE ENDTYRANT TRADITIONS AFTER 70 CE

13. THE EARLIEST ANTICHRIST TRADITIONS

14. CONCLUSION: THE ORIGINS OF THE ANTICHRIST MYTH

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Queensland, 1989.

Includes tables.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-441) and index.

ISBN:

9783110869545

3110869543

OCLC:

843635350