This World and the World to Come Soteriology in Early Judaism [Paperback]

Did authors of Second Temple texts concern themselves with 'salvation'? If so, on what terms? What does one need 'salvation' from? Are the parameters of who is included in or excluded from 'salvation' defined? Gurtner's vision in compiling this collection is to gather contributions on a single topic as it is addressed in individual books from the Second Temple period. Working from a sound methodological basis the contributors assess the theme in different books, acknowledging that the approaches in each text are different, depending on issues of genre and provenance. This allows an acute comparison of how this topic is present across a myriad of Second Temple Jewish texts. Throughout the course of the work the notion of soteriology is very broadly conceived. Whilst acknowledging the obviously Christian connotation of the term 'soteriology' the volume similarly acknowledges the usefulness of the term as an heuristic category for careful analysis.Daniel M. Gurtneris Associate Professor of New Testament at Bethel Seminary, St Paul, USA. Among his publications areThe Torn Veil: Matthew's Exposition of the Death of Jesus(SNTSMS 139; 2007).

IntroductionDaniel M. Gurtner
Narratives
1. 'Waiting for His Deliverance': The Story of Salvation in Judith Michael F. Bird
2. God's Great Deeds of Deliverance: Soteriology in 3 Maccabees J.R.C. Cousland
3. Traveling The Royal Road: The Soteriology of Philo of Alexandria Ronald R. Cox
4. The Hermeneutic of Grace: The Soteriology of Pseudo-Philo'sBiblical Antiquities Preston M. Sprinkle
Apocalypses
5. Deliverance and Justice: Soteriology in the Book of Daniel Lorenzo DiTommaso
6. On a Wing and a Prayer: The Soteriology of theApocalypse of Abraham John C. Poirier
7. The Few Who Obtain Mercy: Soteriology in 4 Ezra Jonathan Moo
8. On the Other Side of Disaster: Soteriology in2 BalS%