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Apocalyptic Eschatology in the Gospel of Matthew »

Authors: David C. Sim, John Court
ISBN-13: 9780521020633, ISBN-10: 0521020638
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: October 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)

First extended study in English of Matthew's grim view of the world and his society.

	Preface
	List of abbreviations
	Introduction	1
Pt. I	Apocalyptic eschatology and apocalypticism	21
1	The major characteristics of apocalyptic eschatology	23
2	The social setting of apocalypticism and the function of apocalyptic eschatology	54
Pt. II	Apocalyptic eschatology in the gospel of Matthew	73
3	Dualism and determinism in Matthew	75
4	Eschatological woes and the coming of the Son of Man in Matthew	93
5	The judgement in Matthew	110
6	The fate of the wicked and the fate of the righteous in Matthew	129
7	The imminence of the end in Matthew	148
Pt. III	The social setting of the Matthean community and the function of apocalyptic eschatology in the gospel of Matthew	179
8	The social setting of the Matthean community	181
9	The function of apocalyptic eschatology in the gospel of Matthew	222
	Conclusions	244
	Select bibliography	250
	Index of passages cited	263
	Index of modern scholars	278
	Index of subjects	281