Title: Visions of a future : a study of Christian eschatology /
Authors: Hayes, Zachary
Publisher: M. Glazier,
Year: 1989
Subjects: Eschatology History of doctrines.
Contents: 1. The story of hope in the Hebrew scriptures -- A seed of hope in the midst of ambiguity -- A paradigm of hope: Call and covenant ; A crisis of hope ; Hope and history ; Ambiguity and hope -- The Mosaic and Davidic covenants: The exodus experience ; The monarchy -- Prophecy: Prophecy on the pre-exilic period ; Development of the theme of hope -- Late development of Jewish thought: Wisdom literature ; Sheol ; Apocalyptic ; The problem of Apocalyptic ; Apocalyptic in the Hebrew scriptures ; Theological significance of apocalyptic -- 2. The story of Christian hope -- Jesus and the Kingdom of God: The centrality of the Kingdom of God ; Nuances of the Kingdom-metaphor ; The God of the kingdom ; A kingdom of love ; The death of Jesus -- The resurrection -- Early Christian expectation -- Eschatology in the gospel of John -- Other apocalyptic material: The synoptic and the Petrine epistles ; Revelation -- Conclusions on the Christian development --^