| Description |
x, 261 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-237) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Backgrounds -- Death and afterlife in ancient and second temple forms of Judaism -- Postmortem existence in the OT : Sheol -- Formation of heaven and hell -- The functions of divine judgment in Old Testament texts -- Greco-Roman material -- Paul : the ethics of death and afterlife -- Paul's background and chronology -- General introduction to Pauline anthropology 1 Cor. 15 -- Beyond 1 Cor 15: 2, Cor 5:1-10, and Philippians 1:18b-26 -- Death and afterlife in the Fourth Gospel -- A conversation with John A. Q. T. Robinson -- Working hypothesis : FG evinces a bestowed realized immortality for believers -- Composition of human beings -- Fate of human beings -- "That to philosophize is to learn to die" -- The problem of death -- The problem of death in the Fourth Gospel -- The Fourth Gospel and epicureanism -- Death and afterlife in Matthew -- Matthew's community -- Matthean cosmology -- Matthean anthropology -- Language of death and destruction -- Eschatological scenario -- Death and afterlife in the Petrine texts -- Introduction to 1 Peter -- Death and afterlife in 1 Peter -- Death and afterlife in 2 Peter -- Conclusions and directions for further research. |
| Subject |
Death -- Biblical teaching.
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Future life -- Biblical teaching.
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Bible. New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| ISBN |
0567029123 (pbk.) |
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9780567029126 (pbk.) |
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9780567029027 |
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0567029026 |
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9780567029126 |
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