The Antichrist tradition in Antiquity : Antimessianism in Second Temple and early Christian literature / Mateusz Kusio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kusio, Mateusz, 1993- author.

Series:

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe ; 532.

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe, 0340-9570 ; 532

Language:

Arabic

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Hebrew

Latin

Subjects (All):

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

Antichrist.

Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.

Judaism.

History.

Judaism--Post-exilic period (Judaism).

Messianism.

Antichrist--History of doctrines.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 292 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2020]

Language Note:

Includes quotations in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, or Arabic, some with English translation.

Summary:

"Was the idea of the ancient tradition surrounding the Antichrist present in related forms among both Jews and Christians? Mateusz Kusio reveals an anti-messianic tradition involving a variety of eschatological antagonists in conflict with diverse messianic actors that stretches across both Jewish and Christian corpora and revolves around a set of similar motifs, ideas, and core Biblical texts." -- Publisher, page four of cover.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction

A. The argument

B. History of scholarship on Antichrist

I. Earliest scholarship (Malvenda, Gunkel)

II. The initial consensus (Bousset, Charles)

III. The first challenges (Friedlander, Billerbeck, Rigaux, Ernst)

IV. The revision of the consensus (Jenks, Lietaert Peerbolte)

V. Most recent developments (Horbury, Lorein)

VI. Looking beyond the Scriptures (McGinn, Hughes, Badilit.a)

VII. Summary

C. Methodology

I. Definition

II. Framework

III. Sources

D. Motifs

E. Structure of the study

ch. 2 The Hebrew Bible and its reception

A. Genesis 3

I. The serpent in Genesis 3 and its Ancient Near Eastern context

II. The Septuagint

III. The Pseudepigrapha

IV. The New Testament

V. The Church Fathers

VI. Gnosticism

VII. The Targumim and Rabbinic literature

VIII. Summary

B. Genesis 49:16-18

I. The blessing of Dan in context and in inner-biblical interpretation

II. The ancient versions

III. Philo

IV. The early Christian literature

V. Rabbinic literature

VI. Summary

C. Isaiah 11:4

I. The verse in context

III. The Dead Sea Scrolls

IV. The Pseudepigrapha

V. The New Testament

VI. The Church Fathers

VII. Rabbinic literature

D. Ezekiel 38-39

I. The Gog oracle in its context

II. Relation to Ezekiel 37

III. Relation to Numbers 24:7

IV. The Dead Sea Scrolls

V. The New Testament and the Church Fathers

VI. The Targumim and Rabbinic literature ;

VII. Syriac and Muslim literature

E. The Psalms

I. Enmity in the psalms of lament

VI. Rabbinic literature

F. Daniel

I. The end-time enemy in Daniel

G. Conclusion

ch. 3 Dead Sea Scrolls

A. The War Scroll (1QM)

B. 4QTestimonia (4Q175, 4Q379, fr. 22 II)

C. 4QApocryphon of Daniel ar (4Q246)

D. The Book of War (4Q285 fr. 4,5)

E. 11QMelchizedek(llQ13)

F. Conclusion

ch. 4 The New Testament

A. The Synoptic Gospels

B. The Second Letter to the Thessalonians

C. The Johannine Epistles

D. The Book of Revelation

I. The Dragon

II. The First Beast

III. The Second Beast / the False Prophet

IV. The Great Prostitute

E. Conclusion

ch. 5 Pseudepigrapha and Apocrypha

A. Psalm of Solomon 17

B. Assumption of Moses

C. The Sibylline Oracles

I. Sibylline Oracle 2.165-173

II. Sibylline Oracle 3.63-74

D. Second Apocalypse of Baruch

E. Fourth Book of Ezra

F. Ascension of Isaiah

G. Apocalypse of Peter

H. Coptic Apocalypse of Elijah

I. Testament of the Lord

J. Conclusion

ch. 6 The Church Fathers

A. Didache

B. Irenaeus of Lyon

C. Tertullian

D. Hippolytus

I. De Christo et Antichristo

II. Commentary on Daniel

E. Origen

F. Commodianus

I. Instructiones

II. Carmen apologeticum

G. Lactantius

H. Cyril of Jerusalem

I. Tyconius and Augustine

ch. 7 Summary and conclusions

A. Antimessianism in Jewish and Christian literature

B. The Antichrist tradition - its form, sources, and features

C. Bousset, or there and back again

D. The importance of the Antichrist tradition.

Notes:

Slight revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Oxford, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-262) and indexes.

Other Format:

e-book version

ISBN:

9783161593468

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3161597931

OCLC:

1204200347

Publisher Number:

99986716671

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