Eschatology in Genesis
By: Jonathan Huddleston
Series: Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe -- 57; Forschungen zum Alten Testament -- 57.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Tübingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9783161519833
Subjects: Bible; Eschatologie; Eschatology; Biblical teaching; Criticism, interpretation; Religious aspects; Speech acts (Linguistics)
Notes: Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Duke University, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The question of Genesis' eschatology:; title: Between linguistic semiotics and biblical studies;; title: From code theorism to situated speech acts;; title: Combining diachronic and synchronic approaches;; title: Dynamic usage and the history of effects;; title: A disclaimer ;; title: Overview and working hypothesis;; title: First hypothesis: A composite Pentateuch in the Persian period;; title: Second hypothesis: Prophetic eschatology in the Persian period;; title: Ending at the beginning: previewing my arguments --; title: Future orientation in Genesis.; title: From story-world time to users' time ;; title: Genre as a guide to Genesis' future orientation;; title: Genesis as etiology;; title: Genesis' mythic orientation;; title: Genesis as scripture ;; title: Reading through Genesis : Toledot and naming;; title: Genesis' generation of the future;; title: Naming Israel, its land, and its neighbors ;; title: From past to present to future;; title: Past fulfillment as proleptic;; title: Present fulfillment as partial;; title: Genesis as users' future;; title: Conclusion and summary --; title: Genesis' eschatology in Persian-era Judea.; title: Overview of Persian Judea;; title: From monarchic Judah to provincial Judea;; title: Temple and empire;; title: Hebrew writing and Israelite identity;; title: Hebrew literature in the context of ancient literacy ;; title: Pentateuch and empire;; title: The question of imperial authorization;; title: Genesis' rhetoric toward empire;; title: Subtle construal of imperialism and resistance ;; title: The Pentateuch and Judean institutions;; title: Parties and priests;; title: Text as institution;; title: Pentateuch, prophets, and eschatology --; title: Genesis in the context of prophetic eschatology.; title: Prophetic eschatology in Persian-era usage;; title: Judgment, salvation, warning, and cosmic change;; title: Restoration eschatology in the Persian period ;; title: Eschatology between Genesis and the prophetic corpus;; title: Judgment and uncreation:; title: Flood:; title: Sodom and Gomorrah:; title: Famine, barrenness, and snakes:; title: Summary of uncreation images;; title: Promise as creation:; title: Creation and its blessings:; title: Ancestral promises of blessing ;; title: Conclusion : "Everything lost will be restored" --; title: Dynamics of Genesis and unfolding eschatology.; title: Dynamic production : future-oriented compositional development;; title: Ancestral stories joined to the Exodus;; title: National origins joined to Cosmogony;; title: The joining of P and pre-P sources;; title: Eschatological implications of compositional moves ;; title: Dynamic rereading : future-oriented audience reflection;; title: Rereading in context;; title: Genesis 2-3 : rereading an unlamented past as an ideal future;; title: Genesis 50:20 : rereading memory as hope ;; title: Dynamic retelling : eschatological interpretations;; title: God's creative purposes and the origins of evil;; title: Primeval prophets and eschatological typologies;; title: Ancestors as promise and example;; title: Summary of late second temple interpretations --; title: Rereading Genesis' promise-eschatology.; title: Genesis' shape and the narrative prominence of promise ;; title: Cursing, toil : and a seed (3:14-19);; title: The interpretive framework : Genesis 2-3 and Israel's story;; title: Threats to the blessing : agricultural and procreative unfruitfulness;; title: Dominion, enmity, and the victory of the woman's seed ;; title: Blessing Israel for the end of days (49:1-28);; title: From beginning (1:1) to ending (49:1);; title: Jacob's Testament for Persian-era users;; title: Judah's victory (49:8-12) and Joseph's fruitfulness (49:22-6);; title: Summary : Genesis 49 and Israel's trust ;; title: Conclusion : trusting the God of promise;; title: Persian-era Judea, Genesis, and trust;; title: Trust as a reading strategy for the book of Genesis --; title: Epilogue.-- Bibliography ;-- Index of sources ;-- Index of names ;-- Index of subjects.