UID:
almafu_9959246167902883
Format:
1 online resource (xxvii, 416 pages)
Edition:
Reprint 2010
ISBN:
3-11-086954-3
Series Statement:
Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der alteren Kirche ; Bd. 59
Content:
The Origins and Early Development of the Antichrist Myth
Note:
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Queensland, 1989.
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Includes tables.
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Front matter --
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1. THE QUESTION OF THE ANTICHRIST MYTH --
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I. THE ANTICHRIST MYTH IN THE THIRD CENTURY CE --
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2. INTRODUCTION: THE WITNESSES AND THE PERIOD --
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3. USE OF SCRIPTURE TO ELUCIDATE THE MYTH --
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4. SKETCHES OF THE ANTICHRIST FIGURE --
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5. THE ACTIVITY OF THE ANTICHRIST FIGURE --
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II. ANTECEDENT TRADITIONS TO THE ANTICHRIST MYTH --
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6. INTRODUCTION: THE SEARCH FOR ORIGINS --
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7. DEMONIC POWERS IN EARLY JEWISH WRITINGS --
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8. ANTIOCHUS IV IN JEWISH TRADITION --
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9. ASPECTS OF HELLENISTIC JEWISH WRITINGS WITH PARALLELS TO THE LATER ANTICHRIST LITERATURE --
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III. THE EMERGING ANTICHRIST MYTH --
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10. INTRODUCTION: CONVERGING STRANDS IN JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN LITERATURE PRIOR TO 175 CE --
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11. THE ENDTYRANT TRADITIONS PRIOR TO 70 CE --
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12. THE ENDTYRANT TRADITIONS AFTER 70 CE --
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13. THE EARLIEST ANTICHRIST TRADITIONS --
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14. CONCLUSION: THE ORIGINS OF THE ANTICHRIST MYTH --
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BIBLIOGRAPHY --
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INDEX
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Issued also in print.
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-11-012405-X
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110869545
