The Origins and Early Development of the Antichrist Myth / / Gregory C. Jenks.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Theology and Religious Studies 1990 - 1999
• VerfasserIn: Jenks, Gregory C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2011]; ©1991
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: Reprint 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft , 59
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (416 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; 1. THE QUESTION OF THE ANTICHRIST MYTH --; I. THE ANTICHRIST MYTH IN THE THIRD CENTURY CE --; 2. INTRODUCTION: THE WITNESSES AND THE PERIOD --; 3. USE OF SCRIPTURE TO ELUCIDATE THE MYTH --; 4. SKETCHES OF THE ANTICHRIST FIGURE --; 5. THE ACTIVITY OF THE ANTICHRIST FIGURE --; II. ANTECEDENT TRADITIONS TO THE ANTICHRIST MYTH --; 6. INTRODUCTION: THE SEARCH FOR ORIGINS --; 7. DEMONIC POWERS IN EARLY JEWISH WRITINGS --; 8. ANTIOCHUS IV IN JEWISH TRADITION --; 9. ASPECTS OF HELLENISTIC JEWISH WRITINGS WITH PARALLELS TO THE LATER ANTICHRIST LITERATURE --; III. THE EMERGING ANTICHRIST MYTH --; 10. INTRODUCTION: CONVERGING STRANDS IN JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN LITERATURE PRIOR TO 175 CE --; 11. THE ENDTYRANT TRADITIONS PRIOR TO 70 CE --; 12. THE ENDTYRANT TRADITIONS AFTER 70 CE --; 13. THE EARLIEST ANTICHRIST TRADITIONS --; 14. CONCLUSION: THE ORIGINS OF THE ANTICHRIST MYTH --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110869545; 9783110638110; 9783110305630; 9783110305654
• ISSN: 0171-6441
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110869545
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Gregory C. Jenks.