Jesus and His Promised Second Coming: Jewish Eschatology and Christian Origins

In this pioneering study of Scripture and reception history, Tucker S. Ferda shows that the hope for...
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Jesus and His Promised Second Coming: Jewish Eschatology and Christian Origins by Ferda, Tucker S.

Jesus and His Promised Second Coming: Jewish Eschatology and Christian Origins

€99,74

Jesus and His Promised Second Coming: Jewish Eschatology and Christian Origins

€99,74
Author: Tucker S. Ferda
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
In this pioneering study of Scripture and reception history, Tucker S. Ferda shows that the hope for Jesus's second coming originated in his own message about the coming of the kingdom after a time of distress.

Most historical Jesus scholars take for granted that Jesus's second coming was invented by his zealous early followers. In Jesus and His Promised Second Coming, Tucker S. Ferda challenges this critical consensus. Using innovative methodology, Ferda works backward through reception history to Paul and the Gospels to argue that the hope for the second coming originated in Jesus's own grappling with the prospect of death and his conviction that the kingdom was near; he expected a return that would coincide with the final judgment and the end of the age within the space of a generation.

Ferda also makes a major contribution to the reception history of the Bible, shedding light on how Christians distinguished their faith from Judaism by deriding "Jewish messianism" as earthly minded and militaristic. In the early modern period, critics found an expedient way to distance Jesus from this caricature of "Jewish messianism" they pinned the expectation for the second coming on Jesus's early followers. A new appreciation for the diversity of Judaism and messianism in the Second Temple period makes possible a fresh reconstruction of Jesus.

Bold and historically astute, Jesus and His Promised Second Coming breathes new life into a long-stagnant conversation. It also offers readers fresh insight into the history of Jewish-Christian relations. Students and scholars of the New Testament will need to read and engage with Ferda's provocative argument.

Author: Tucker S. Ferda
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 09/12/2024
Pages: 560
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.40w x 1.80d
ISBN: 9780802879905

About the Author
Tucker S. Ferda is associate professor of New Testament at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.

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