Divine Wrath And Salvation In Matthew

Author : Anders Runesson
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781451452259

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Divine Wrath and Salvation in Matthew by Anders Runesson Pdf

Judgment and the wrath of God are prominent themes in Matthew’s Gospel. Because judgment is announced not only on the hypocritical but also on those who reject God’s messengers—and because this rejection is implicitly connected with the destruction of Jerusalem—the Gospel has often been read in terms of God’s rejection of Israel, with catastrophic results. Anders Runesson sets out to show, through careful study of Matthew’s composition and comparison with contemporary Jewish literature, that the theme of divine judgment plays very different and distinct roles regarding diverse groups of Jews (including Jesus’ disciples) and non-Jews in this Gospel. Runesson examines various assumptions regarding the criteria of judgment in each case and finds that Matthew does not support some of the most popular slogans in Christian theology. The results and implications for our historical understanding of Christian origins and our theological estimation of Matthew’s place in that story will be of vital interest to scholars and students for years to come.

Author : Randolph Vincent Greenwood Tasker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : God
ISBN : UCAL:$B110666

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The Biblical Doctrine of the Wrath of God by Randolph Vincent Greenwood Tasker Pdf

Author : Stephen Butler Murray
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783034307031

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Reclaiming Divine Wrath by Stephen Butler Murray Pdf

Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States, there was prolific misuse and abuse of the concept of divine wrath in church pulpits. In pursuit of a faithful understanding of what he calls a «lost doctrine,» the author of this study investigates the substantial history of how «the wrath of God» has been interpreted in Christian theology and preaching. Starting with the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures and moving historically through Christianity's most important theologians and societal changes, several models of divine wrath are identified. The author argues for the reclamation of a theological paradigm of divine wrath that approaches God's love and God's wrath as intrinsically enjoined in a dynamic tension. Without such a commitment to this paradigm, this important biblical aspect of God is in danger of suffering two possible outcomes. Firstly, it may suffer rejection, through conscious avoidance of the narrow misinterpretations of divine wrath that dominate contemporary theology and preaching. Secondly, irresponsible applications of divine wrath may occur when we neglect to engage and understand the wrath of God as inseparable from God's justice and love in Christian theology and proclamation.

Author : ChoongJae Lee
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725261068

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Metánoia (Repentance): A Major Theme of the Gospel of Matthew by ChoongJae Lee Pdf

Matthew describes the beginning of Jesus's ministry with the summary words, "μετανοεῖτε (repent/turn), for the kingdom of heaven is at hand" (3:2; 4:17). Why does Matthew use this command, μετανοεῖτε, at the beginning of his ministry, and how does it relate to the rest of the Gospel? What do μετανοέω and μετάνοια mean? Scholars have stated that μετανοέω in 4:17 has critical value for understanding Matthew because the verse functions as a summary statement (or key phrase) of Jesus's public ministry and teaching. This book argues the thematic significance of μετάνοια (turning/repentance) in the Gospel of Matthew. The lexical idea of μετανοέω and μετάνοια involves a turning of mind (or heart, will, thinking) and behavior, and so in turn of one's whole being and life. This opening commandment of turning (μετανοέω), especially the concept, the essence, and the contents is fully revealed throughout the body of Matthew in various ways. Discipleship, the language of righteousness, doing the will of God, changing one's heart and mind, the Great Commission, and Matthean soteriological theme convey the essence of μετάνοια and the contents of the fruit worthy of μετάνοια(3:2, 8; 4:17). The five major teaching blocks (5-7; 10; 13; 18; 23-25) teach the theme and the content of μετάνοια.

Author : Anders Runesson,Daniel M. Gurtner
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780884144441

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Matthew within Judaism by Anders Runesson,Daniel M. Gurtner Pdf

In this collection of essays, leading New Testament scholars reassess the reciprocal relationship between Matthew and Second Temple Judaism. Some contributions focus on the relationship of the Matthean Jesus to torah, temple, and synagogue, while others explore theological issues of Jewish and gentile ethnicity and universalism within and behind the text.

Author : Jeremy J. Wynne
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567423191

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Wrath Among the Perfections of God's Life by Jeremy J. Wynne Pdf

Late-modern theology is marked by persistent and widespread uncertainty as to how the wrath of God can be taken up as a legitimate theme within dogmatics. Rather than engage the most fundamental task of clarifying the inner logic by which God's identity is revealed in scripture, privilege has been ceded either to cultural and textual criticism, to ostensibly self-evident moral sensibilities, or to the thematization of religious experience. The present work sets out to rectify this misstep. The result is a rigorous proposal for understanding wrath expressly within the doctrine of God, as a redemptive mode of divine righteousness.

Author : Terence L. Donaldson
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467459556

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Gentile Christian Identity from Cornelius to Constantine by Terence L. Donaldson Pdf

Originally an ascribed identity that cast non-Jewish Christ-believers as an ethnic other, “gentile” soon evolved into a much more complex aspect of early Christian identity. Gentile Christian Identity from Cornelius to Constantine is a full historical account of this trajectory, showing how, in the context of “the parting of the ways,” the early church increasingly identified itself as a distinctly gentile and anti-Judaic entity, even as it also crafted itself as an alternative to the cosmopolitan project of the Roman Empire. This process of identity construction shaped Christianity’s legacy, paradoxically establishing it as both a counter-empire and a mimicker of Rome’s imperial ideology. Drawing on social identity theory and ethnography, Terence Donaldson offers an analysis of gentile Christianity that is thorough and highly relevant to today’s discourses surrounding identity, ethnicity, and Christian-Jewish relations. As Donaldson shows, a full understanding of the term “gentile” is key to understanding the modern Western world and the church as we know it.

Author : Gerald L. Stevens
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725290945

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Divine Wrath in Paul by Gerald L. Stevens Pdf

Divine wrath is considered politically incorrect for a God of love, but Stevens insists coming to terms with Paul’s language of wrath is imperative for understanding Paul’s gospel. Half of the occurrences of the two primary terms in the New Testament are in Paul. A survey focusing on the key terms for wrath in Greek, Roman, Hebrew, Samaritan, and New Testament literature provides background to see Pauline distinctives. Rich illustrations bring discussion to life drawn from decades of the author’s research overseas. Stevens challenges Dodd’s divine wrath as no more than an impersonal nexus of sin and retribution by integrating wrath into a theology of grace through which God always and in everything is seeking to save.

Author : Sean A. Adams,Zanne Domoney-Lyttle
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567692542

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Abraham in Jewish and Early Christian Literature by Sean A. Adams,Zanne Domoney-Lyttle Pdf

This book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched. Jewish and early Christian authors discussed Abraham in numerous and diverse ways, adapting his Old Testament narratives and using Abrahamic imagery in their works. However, while some areas of study in Abrahamic texts have received much scholarly attention, other areas remain nearly untouched. Beginning with a perspective on how Abraham was used within Jewish literature, this collection of essays follows the impact of Abraham across biblical texts–including Pseudigraphic and Apocryphal texts – into early Greek, Latin and Gnostic literature. These essays build upon existing Abraham scholarship, by discussing Abraham in less explored areas such as rewritten scripture, Philo of Alexandria, Josephus, the Apostolic Fathers and contemporary Greek and Latin authors. Through the presentation of a more thorough outline of the impact of the figure and stories of Abraham, the contributors to this volume create a concise and complete idea of how his narrative was employed throughout the centuries, and how ancient authors adopted and adapted received traditions.

Author : Andrew D. Dalton
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783161622373

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Fulfilled Israel according to Matthew's Plerosis Paradigm by Andrew D. Dalton Pdf

Author : Stanley E. Porter,Alan E. Kurschner
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532639760

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The Future Restoration of Israel by Stanley E. Porter,Alan E. Kurschner Pdf

This volume is the most extensive of its kind as a major set of collected essays from a wide range of scholars on the question of the promises of God to Israel. These essays put forward the position that unconditional promises were given to Israel, which have not been fulfilled in the church or any other entity. At the consummation, there will be a continuing role for the Jews, realized through their national and territorial hope of a restored-redeemed Israel. This volume contains an eclectic group of contributors who have reached this position from various approaches to interpretation. The essays exhibit both positive argumentation and engagement with supersessionist literature.

Author : Joshua W. Jipp
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 619 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467459792

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The Messianic Theology of the New Testament by Joshua W. Jipp Pdf

One of the earliest Christian confessions—that Jesus is Messiah and Lord—has long been recognized throughout the New Testament. Joshua Jipp shows that the New Testament is in fact built upon this foundational messianic claim, and each of its primary compositions is a unique creative expansion of this common thread. Having made the same argument about the Pauline epistles in his previous book Christ Is King: Paul’s Royal Ideology, Jipp works methodically through the New Testament to show how the authors proclaim Jesus as the incarnate, crucified, and enthroned messiah of God. In the second section of this book, Jipp moves beyond exegesis toward larger theological questions, such as those of Christology, soteriology, ecclesiology, and eschatology, revealing the practical value of reading the Bible with an eye to its messianic vision. The Messianic Theology of the New Testament functions as an excellent introductory text, honoring the vigorous pluralism of the New Testament books while still addressing the obvious question: what makes these twenty-seven different compositions one unified testament?

Author : Tobias Ålöw
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004686953

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The Meaning and Uses of βασιλεία in the Gospel of Matthew by Tobias Ålöw Pdf

Contrary to the prevailing view that βασιλεία is a verbal noun signifying God’s rule, this study demonstrates how the term’s pragmatic range in Matthew’s Gospel covers both five distinct types of use and their integration into a coherent concept. The study, which is the first to examine all occurrences of βασιλεία in the First Gospel from the perspective of semantic monosemy, extends and enhances our appreciation of the Matthean Zentralbegriff, and engenders a more accurate apprehension of the nature and aims of the Matthean narrative and the theological views it conveys.

Author : Matthew Ryan Hauge,Craig Evan Anderson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2024-02-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567699497

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Character Studies in the Gospel of Matthew by Matthew Ryan Hauge,Craig Evan Anderson Pdf

This volume examines a multitude of characters in Matthew's gospel and provides an in-depth look at the different approaches currently employed by scholars working with literary and reader-oriented methods. Beginning with an introduction on 'the properties of character' and the several aspects involved in the creation of person, the contributors provide a close reading of numerous characters and character types in the Gospel of Matthew. Including Mary, King Herod, John the Baptist, Jesus the Preacher, Jesus the Teacher, God the Father, the Roman Centurion, Peter, Women, Gentiles, Scribes and Pharisees, and Romans. Such close studies aid the understanding of different issues in Matthean characterization, while also charting the development of hermeneutical vistas that have developed in contemporary scholarship, resulting in a collection of exegetical character studies that are self-consciously working from a literary, narrative-critical, reader-oriented, or related methodology.

Author : Steven James Stiles
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783161621819

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Jesus' Fulfilment of the Torah and Prophets by Steven James Stiles Pdf