Mystery and the making of a Christian historical consciousness : from Paul to the second century / T.J. Lang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lang, T. J., 1980- author.

Series:

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche ; Volume 219.

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft, 0171-6441 ; Volume 219

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Mystery.

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

Revelation.

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Church history.

Bible. Epistles of Paul--Theology.

Bible.

Bible--Theology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In general, theological terms this study examines the interplay of early Christian understandings of history, revelation, and identity. The book explores this interaction through detailed analysis of appeals to "mystery" in the Pauline letter collection and then the discourse of previously hidden but newly revealed mysteries in various second-century thinkers. T.J. Lang argues that the historical coordination of the concealed/revealed binary ("the mystery previously hidden but presently revealed") enabled these early Christian authors to ground Christian claims - particularly key ecclesial, hermeneutical, and christological claims - in Israel's history and in the eternal design of God while at the same time accounting for their revelatory newness. This particular Christian conception of time gives birth to a new and totalizing historical consciousness, and one that has significant implications for the construction of Christian identity, particularly vis-à-vis Judaism.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

2. Μυστήριον in the Undisputed Pauline Letters

3. Μυστήριον and the Deuteropauline Mystery Schema of Revelation. Part 1: Ephesians and Colossians

4. Μυστήριον and the Deuteropauline Mystery Schema of Revelation. Part 2: The Pastoral Epistles and the Romans 16:25–27 Doxology

5. Mystery and History in the Letters of Ignatius and the Epistle to Diognetus

6. Mystery, Scriptural Meaning, and the “Grace to Understand” in Justin Martyr’s Dialogue with Trypho

7. Mystery, Scriptural Meaning, and Ritual Performance in Melito’s Peri Pascha

8. Mystery, Scriptural Meaning, and the Unity of God in Tertullian and his Against Marcion

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index of names

Index of Ancient Sources

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110578119

3110578115

9783110435474

3110435470

9783110436860

3110436868

OCLC:

952799352