Jesus and God in Paul's eschatology
By: L. Joseph Kreitzer.
Series: Journal for the study of the New Testament.; 19
Publisher: JSOT Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Sheffield, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
Subjects: Bible. N.T. Epistles of Paul -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Eschatology -- Biblical teaching.; Eschatology, Jewish.
Description: This probe into Paul's theology argues that in his eschatological thinking there is a conceptual overlap between Jesus and God. As in several pseudepigraphical texts, there is in Paul a certain identification of the roles of God and the messianic figure. Especially in Paul's doctrines of the parousia and the final judgment this overlap features the Old Testament idea of the Day of the Lord Yahweh becoming transposed into the Day of the Lord Christ. In examining Paul's teaching on the messiah and the Kingdom, Kreitzer offers a penetrating analysis of how Paul balanced theocentricity and christocentricity within his eschatology, and how the theme of Christ's subordination to God is interjected into his doctrine
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-276) and indexes.