Eschatology in Bible and Theology : Evangelical Essays at the Dawn of a New Millennium

by Brower, K. E.; Elliott, Mark W.

• ISBN13: 9780830815821
• ISBN10: 0830815821
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-08-01
• Publisher: Intervarsity Pr

Summary

This book presents a selection of the most current thinking on eschatology by evangelical biblical scholars. Most of the essays in this volume were presented at the Tyndale Fellowship Triennial Conference in 1997. They investigate the nature and significance of biblical eschatology within five main areas: biblical theology, Old Testament, New Testament, Christian doctrine and practical theology. Topics include personal eschatology, the destruction of the Jerusalem temple in A.D. 70, Pauline eschatology, the question of hell or annihilation, and the relationship between missions and eschatology.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Introduction: Understanding the Times	1	(10)
Mark W. Elliott
SECTION A: BIBLICAL THEOLOGY
The Eschatological Conception of New Testament Theology	11	(42)
Greg K. Beale
A Holy God Among a Holy People in a Holy Place: The Enduring Eschatological Hope	53	(20)
Gordon J. Thomas
SECTION B: OLD TESTAMENT
Psalm 49: A Personal Eschatology	73	(12)
Philip S. Johnston
Gog & Magog in Ezekiel's Eschatological Vision	85	(34)
Daniel I. Block
SECTION C: NEW TESTAMENT
`Let the Reader Understand': Temple & Eschatology in Mark	119	(26)
Kent E. Brower
The Destruction of the Temple & the Relativization of the Old Covenant: Mark 13:31 & Matthew 5:18	145	(26)
Crispin H. T. Fletcher-Louis
Transcending Imminence: The Gordian Knot of Pauline Eschatology	171	(16)
Ben Witherington III
Revelation's Assembly Instructions	187	(12)
Alan Garrow
New Testament Teaching on Hell	199	(22)
E. Earle Ellis
The Duration of Divine Judgment in the New Testament	221	(10)
Peter M. Head
SECTION D: CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE
The Nature of Hell: Reflections on the Debate Between Conditionalism & the Traditional View of Hell	231	(12)
Tony Gray
Thirty Years of Hope: A Generation of Writing on Eschatology	243	(20)
Stephen Williams
Must Christian Eschatology Be Millenarian? A Response to Jurgen Moltmann	263	(16)
Richard Bauckham
Science, Wisdom, Eschatology & the Cosmic Christ	279	(22)
Ernest C. Lucas
SECTION E: PRACTICAL THEOLOGY
Missions & Eschatology	301	(22)
Howard Peskett
`The Seasons' of This Life & Eschatology in 1 Corinthians 7:29-31	323	(12)
Bruce W. Winter
Index of Authors	335