Salvation for the Righteous Revealed

Jesus Amid Covenantal and Messianic Expectations in Second Temple Judaism
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-90-04-12617-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 51, 396 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 866 g

Reihe: Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums

Why is there such an ethical emphasis in Jesus’ gospel proclamation? This work finds the answer in Jesus meeting his audience within their own conceptual realms and then expanding those realms to point to the nature of his salvation.
The bulk of this work investigates the soteriology of Second Temple Judaism, especially of the Qumran Scrolls. The apocalyptic lesson was the demand of a greater covenantal obedience, held in tension with God’s grace, a demand met through sectarian revelation and involving a somewhat diverse messianism. Within these conceptions, Jesus affirms that salvation is indeed for the “righteous,” but as defined through himself as the unique Messiah.
This work is particularly useful regarding the Jesus—Paul debate, for it provides a diachronic solution grounded in the cultural-historical milieu of the times.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Condra, Ed

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften

Über Autor(innen)

Ed Condra, Ph.D. in New Testament Studies, Dallas Theological Seminary, is Adjunct Professor in New Testament Exegesis at the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics (Dallas, Texas), and International Translation Consultant for the Summer Institute of Linguistics (Dallas, Texas). He has translated the New Testament into the Patpatar language of New Ireland island in Papua New Guinea (published 1997 by the Bible League). The vernacular title of the Patpatar NT is No Sigar Kunubus.