Jewish eschatology, early Christian christology, and the Testaments of the twelve patriarchs : : collected essays of Marinus de Jonge.

• Superior document: Supplements to Novum Testamentum, Volume 63
• Author: Jonge, Marinus de, 1925-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, [Netherlands] : : E.J. Brill,, 1991.; ©1991
• Year of Publication: 1991
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; Volume 63.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (364 pages)
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

This volume, which appears on the occasion of Marinus de Jonge's retirement as Professor of New Testament at Leiden University, brings together twenty essays which he wrote recently for various periodicals and collective works. A number of articles deal with the expectation of the future in Jewish sources, like Ps. Sol., the Qumran Scrolls and Josephus. Closely connected with these are some essays on the question of how such titles as 'Christ', and 'Son of David' came to be applied to Jesus. Eleven essays delve into various important aspects of the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs: eschatology, ethics, paraenesis, but also their use of Jewish source material and their view of the history of God's dealing with man, a view related to that held by Justin and Hippolytus. This book throws light on the Jewish origins of early Christian theology and on its relationship with the Hellenistic culture in which it developed. The book also includes Marinus de Jonge's bibliography.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- I. The Expectation of the Future in the Psalms of Solomon -- II. The Role of Intermediaries in God's Final Intervention in the Future According to the Qumran Scrolls -- III. Josephus Und Die Zukunftserwartungen Seines Volkes -- IV. The Use Of O XpiΣToΣ in the Passion Narratives -- V. The Use of the Expression O XpiΣToΣ in the Apocalypse of John -- VI. The Earliest Christian Use of Christos Some Suggestions -- VII. Jesus' Death for Others and the Death of the Maccabean Martyrs -- VIII. Jesus, Son of David and Son of God -- IX. The Main Issues in the Study of the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs -- X. The Future of Israel in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs -- XI. Levi, The Sons of Levi and the Law, in Testament Levi X, XIV-XV and XVI -- XII. Two Messiahs in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs? -- XIII. Hippolytus' \'Benedictions of Isaac, Jacob and Moses\' and the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs -- XIV. Two Interesting Interpretations of the Rending of the Temple-Veil in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs -- XV. The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs: Christian and Jewish -- XVI. The Testament of Levi and \'Aramaic Levi\' -- XVII. The Pre-Mosaic Servants of God in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs and in the Writings of Justin and Irenaeus -- XVIII. Die Paränese in Den Schriften Des Neuen Testaments Und in Den Testamenten Der Zwölf Patriarchen -- XIX. Test. Benjamin 3:8 and the Picture of Joseph as 'A Good and Holy Man' -- XX. Rachel's Virtuous Behavior in the Testament of Issachar -- A Bibliography of the Writings of Marinus De Jonge 1953-1990 by H.J. de Jonge -- Index of Subjects.