Jesus, the Tribulation, & the End of the Exile
Subtitle: Restoration Eschatology & the Origin of the Atonement (Wissenschafftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: J.C.B. Mohr (P. Siebeck)
Published: December 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 600
ISBN-13: 9783161487514
Subjects: Religion; Religion - Commentaries / Reference; Biblical Commentary - New Testament; Christian Theology - Christology; Christian Theology - Eschatology; Christian Theology - General; Biblical teaching; Eschatology; History of doctrines; Tribulation (Christian eschatology)
Description: What did Jesus teach regarding the eschatological tribulation? Brant Pitre's answer to this basic question has ramifications for Jesus' understanding of his own identity and mission. Pitre examines key texts pertaining to Jesus' perception of his own death. In line with Jewish eschatological teachings of his day, Jesus taught that an eschatological tribulation would precede the final ingathering of God's exiled people and interpreted his own death as a key triggering event in that sequence. This comprehensive treatment of the Great Tribulation includes a provocative critique of N.T. Wright's understanding of exile and has important consequences for Jesus' messianic self-understanding.