Eschatology in the Old Testament

✍ Scribed by Donald E. Gowan

• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 175
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Using a canonical approach, in which he explores the Old Testament as a whole - rather than the teachings of individual Old Testament authors - Professor Gowan traces the hopes of the people of Israel for a better future. He concludes that for God to make

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface to the New Edition......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 14
Introduction--A New Approach to Eschatology in The Old Testament......Page 18
Zechariah 8: The City of the Future......Page 21
History of the Zion Tradition......Page 23
The Centrality of Zion in Old Testament Eschatology......Page 26
Subsequent Development of the Zion Tradition......Page 33
Restoration to the Promised Land......Page 38
The Righteous King (Messiah)......Page 49
The Nations......Page 59
Erasing the Past: Eschatological Forgiveness......Page 76
The Means of Re-Creation: New Heart, New Spirit, New Covenant......Page 86
The New Humanity......Page 100
A New Ecology......Page 114
New Heavens and New Earth......Page 126
Characteristics of Old Testament Eschatology......Page 138
An Eschatological Ethic......Page 140
The City of God......Page 144
1. Zion--The Center of Old Testament Eschatology......Page 147
2. Peace in Zion--The Transformation of Human Society......Page 150
3. The People of Zion--The Transformation of the Human Person......Page 154
4. "Highest of All the Hills"--The Transformation of Nature......Page 158
Conclusion--Old Testament Eschatology and Contemporary Hope for the Future......Page 161
Time as an Existential Problem......Page 162
Language About Time......Page 164
How Does the Old Testament Speak of the Future?......Page 167
Notes......Page 168
Old Testament......Page 170
New Testament......Page 174
Rabbinic Literature......Page 175