Title: The rediscovery of Apocalyptic : a polemical work on a neglected area of Biblical studies and its damaging effects on theology and philosophy.
Authors: Koch, Klaus, 1926-
Publisher: A. R. Allenson
Year: 1972
Subjects: Apocalyptic literature.
Contents: 1. The purpose of this book -- 2. The Apocalyptic Renaissance -- 3. What is Apocalyptic? An attempt at a proliminary definition: The cloudiness of current definitions -- A preliminary demonstration of the apocalypse as a literary type -- A preliminary demonstration of apocalyptic as a historical movement -- The position of apocalyptic in the literature of late antiquity -- 4. The gulf between prophecy and apocalyptic: German Old Testament scholarship. Jesus as the continuation of prophecy -- The question of the apocalyptic interpretation of history -- 5. Apocalyptic in the shadow of prophecy: British and American exegesis. Successors or the prophets, opponents of the Pharisees: the viewpoint of Old Testament scholars -- Jesus ethical but not apocalyptic: the position of New Testament scholars