Mystery and the Making of a Christian Historical Consciousness: From Paul to the Second Century

T. J. Lang

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Mystery and the Making of a Christian Historical Consciousness

From Paul to the Second Century

T. J. Lang

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2015

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Volume 219 | Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft

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In general, theological terms this study examines the interplay of early Christian understandings of history, revelation, and identity. The book explores this interaction through detailed analysis of appeals to "mystery" in the Pauline letter collection and then the discourse of previously hidden but newly revealed mysteries in various second-century thinkers. T.J. Lang argues that the historical coordination of the concealed/revealed binary ("the mystery previously hidden but presently revealed") enabled these early Christian authors to ground Christian claims - particularly key ecclesial, hermeneutical, and christological claims - in Israel's history and in the eternal design of God while at the same time accounting for their revelatory newness. This particular Christian conception of time gives birth to a new and totalizing historical consciousness, and one that has significant implications for the construction of Christian identity, particularly vis-à-vis Judaism.

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T.J. Lang, Durham University, Durham, England.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	XI
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
2. Μυστήριον in the Undisputed Pauline Letters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	31
3. Μυστήριον and the Deuteropauline Mystery Schema of Revelation. Part 1: Ephesians and Colossians Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	69
4. Μυστήριον and the Deuteropauline Mystery Schema of Revelation. Part 2: The Pastoral Epistles and the Romans 16:25–27 Doxology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	110
5. Mystery and History in the Letters of Ignatius and the Epistle to Diognetus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	130
6. Mystery, Scriptural Meaning, and the “Grace to Understand” in Justin Martyr’s Dialogue with Trypho Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	163
7. Mystery, Scriptural Meaning, and Ritual Performance in Melito’s Peri Pascha Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	192
8. Mystery, Scriptural Meaning, and the Unity of God in Tertullian and his Against Marcion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	221
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	249
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	253
Index of names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	273
Index of Ancient Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	277

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eBook published on:

October 16, 2015

eBook ISBN:

9783110436860

Hardcover published on:

October 16, 2015

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110442670

Paperback published on:

November 7, 2017

Paperback ISBN:

9783110578119

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Front matter:

12

Main content:

293

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110436860

eBook ISBN: 9783110436860

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110442670

Paperback ISBN: 9783110578119

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Mystery; revelation; reception history; historical consciousness

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Academics, Libraries, Institutes

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