Jesus and Israel's Traditions of Judgement and Restoration
Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 17, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780521811835
Subjects: Biblical studies, criticism & exegesis; Christology; Views on Judaism; Messianic era (Judaism); Eschatology, Jewish; Religion - Church History; Restoration; Religion; Prophecies; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - General; Christian Theology - General; Jesus Christ--Views on Judaism; Religion / Bible / Study / Old Testament; Christianity - Theology - General; Bible; Jesus Christ; Jews
First sentence: This book is an attempt to make sense of Jesus as one whose intentions were decisively shaped not only by Jewish restoration eschatology but also by his own creative reworking of restorationist expectations.
Description: "Jesus and Israel's Traditions of Judgement and Restoration examines the eschatology of Jesus by evaluating his appropriation of sacred traditions related to Israel's restoration. It addresses the way in which Jesus future expectations impinged upon his understanding of key features of Jewish society." "Scholars have long debated the degree to which Jesus' eschatology can be said to have been realized. This book breaks new ground by considering Jesus' expectations regarding key constitutional features of the eschaton: the shape of the people of God, purity, Land, and Temple. Steven M. Bryan shows that Jesus' anticipation of coming national judgement led him to use Israel's sacred traditions in ways that differed significantly from their use by his contemporaries. This did not lead Jesus to the conviction that Israel's restoration had been delayed. Instead he employed Israel's traditions to support a different understanding of restoration and a belief that the time of restoration had arrived."--BOOK JACKET.