Primitive Christian Eschatology [Paperback]

Revised throughout before publication, this 1912 text consists of a detailed exploration of Christian eschatology from its Old Testament origins onward.This 1912 volume was based upon the Cambridge University Hulsean Prize essay for the year 1908. Revised throughout before publication, the text consists of a detailed exploration of Christian eschatology from its Old Testament origins onward. It also attempts to give credence to the position of eschatology as an abiding theological problem.This 1912 volume was based upon the Cambridge University Hulsean Prize essay for the year 1908. Revised throughout before publication, the text consists of a detailed exploration of Christian eschatology from its Old Testament origins onward. It also attempts to give credence to the position of eschatology as an abiding theological problem.Originally published in 1912, this volume was based upon the Cambridge University Hulsean Prize essay for the year 1908. Revised throughout before publication, the text consists of a detailed exploration of Christian eschatology from its Old Testament origins onward. Written at a time when the eschatological aspects of religion had in many ways been discredited by the rise of scientific rationalism, it also constitutes an attempt to give credence to the position of eschatology as an abiding theological problem. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the development of Christianity and the history of theology.Introduction; Part I. Old Testament Eschatology: 1. Primitive beliefs; 2. Early Hebrew eschatology; 3. The doctrine of the prophets: the future of the individual; 4. The doctrine of the prophets (continued): the future of the world; 5. The eschatology of the post-exilic Jews; Part II. The Apocalyptic Literature of Later Judaism: 6. The characteristics of the apocalyptic literature; 7. The apocalypses of the Maccabees; 8. The apocalypses of the Pharisees; 9. The apocalypses of the fall of Jerusalem; 10. The eschatology of thel3"