TY - BOOK
T1 - Apocalypse as Holy War
T2 - Divine Politics and Polemics in the Letters of Paul
AU - Wasserman, Emma
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2018 by Yale University. All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - Prevailing theories of apocalypticism assert that in a world that rebels against God, a cataclysmic battle betweengood and evil is needed to reassert God’s dominion. Emma Wasserman, a rising scholar of early Christian history, challengesthis interpretation and reframes Paul’s apocalyptic texts as myths about politics in the world of divinity. Wasserman argues that the most dominant historical-critical theories about Christian apocalypticism are ahistorical and tend to work with apologetic formulations of Christ’s victory and the uniqueness of Christianity. Assessing Paul’s claims about immanent war, divine enemies, and the transformation that will accompany Christ’s return, Wasserman sees him as envisioning a single, righteously ruled cosmic kingdom, the true nature of which will soon be revealed to all. A major scholarly contribution that ranges across Mediterranean and West Asian religious thought, this volume has broad implications for understanding Paul’s myth of heroic submission as well as his most distinctive ethical teachings.
AB - Prevailing theories of apocalypticism assert that in a world that rebels against God, a cataclysmic battle betweengood and evil is needed to reassert God’s dominion. Emma Wasserman, a rising scholar of early Christian history, challengesthis interpretation and reframes Paul’s apocalyptic texts as myths about politics in the world of divinity. Wasserman argues that the most dominant historical-critical theories about Christian apocalypticism are ahistorical and tend to work with apologetic formulations of Christ’s victory and the uniqueness of Christianity. Assessing Paul’s claims about immanent war, divine enemies, and the transformation that will accompany Christ’s return, Wasserman sees him as envisioning a single, righteously ruled cosmic kingdom, the true nature of which will soon be revealed to all. A major scholarly contribution that ranges across Mediterranean and West Asian religious thought, this volume has broad implications for understanding Paul’s myth of heroic submission as well as his most distinctive ethical teachings.
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BT - Apocalypse as Holy War
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