Description
Book SynopsisAn unapologetically eschatological approach to the identity and self-perception of the historical Jesus.
Trade ReviewOut of wartorn England - significantly, perhaps, from the pen of an uncompromising pacifist - there comes now a highly adequate treatment of that most baffling religious problem, the eschatological thinking of Jesus. . . . This volume. . . may well be considered as indispensable to the serious student of the New Testament simply because it so comprehensively reviews the Synoptic evidence and the best recent scholarship in the area. Albert Leland Jamison, in The Journal of Religion, 1942
Table of ContentsIntroduction Part One: The Bringer of the Kingdom of God I. The Son of God II. The Loving and Intimate Servant of God III. The Friend of Sufferers and Sinners IV. The Messiah of Israel V. The Conqueror of Satan VI. The Rightful Lord of Men VII. The Son of David VIII. The Son of Man Part Two: The Nature and Presence of the Kingdom of God I. The Meaning of "The Kingdom of God" II. The New Way of Life III. The Kingdom Already Present IV. The Kingdom for the Jews V. The Kingdom for the Gentiles VI. The Political Significance of the Kingdom VII. The Priceless Value of the Kingdom Part Three: The Future of the Kingdom of as First Envisaged I. Jesus' Initial Expectations of Success II. The Future Coming of the Kingdom III. Rewards and Punishments in General IV. Rewards and Punishments in the Life After Death V. Rewards and Punishments in the Coming Age Part Four: The Future of the Kingdom of as Last Envisaged I. The Cross Foreseen, Accepted, and Explained II. The Roman Invasion and Conquest III. The Return of the Son of Man IV. The Disciples in the Interval V. The Consummation Conclusion Indices
