Eschatology in the Making
Subtitle: Mark, Matthew and the Didache (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 22, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780521018906
Subjects: Christian theology; Religion; Religion - Commentaries / Reference; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - General; Christian Theology - Eschatology; Eschatology--Biblical teaching; Religion / Bible / Criticism, Interpretation / General; Religion-Christianity - Theology - Eschatology; Christianity - Theology - Eschatology; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - New Testament; Bible - Criticism  Interpretation - General
First sentence: There are indications in the canon of the New Testament and in early extra-canonical sources that the delay of the parousia of Christ presented the early church with an eschatological and theological problem.