The Origins and Early Development of the Antichrist Myth

Gregory C. Jenks

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The Origins and Early Development of the Antichrist Myth

Gregory C. Jenks

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1991

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Volume 59 | Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	I
1. THE QUESTION OF THE ANTICHRIST MYTH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
I. THE ANTICHRIST MYTH IN THE THIRD CENTURY CE
2. INTRODUCTION: THE WITNESSES AND THE PERIOD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	27
3. USE OF SCRIPTURE TO ELUCIDATE THE MYTH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	41
4. SKETCHES OF THE ANTICHRIST FIGURE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	49
5. THE ACTIVITY OF THE ANTICHRIST FIGURE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	77
II. ANTECEDENT TRADITIONS TO THE ANTICHRIST MYTH
6. INTRODUCTION: THE SEARCH FOR ORIGINS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	117
7. DEMONIC POWERS IN EARLY JEWISH WRITINGS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	123
8. ANTIOCHUS IV IN JEWISH TRADITION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	153
9. ASPECTS OF HELLENISTIC JEWISH WRITINGS WITH PARALLELS TO THE LATER ANTICHRIST LITERATURE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	169
III. THE EMERGING ANTICHRIST MYTH
10. INTRODUCTION: CONVERGING STRANDS IN JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN LITERATURE PRIOR TO 175 CE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	193
11. THE ENDTYRANT TRADITIONS PRIOR TO 70 CE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	199
12. THE ENDTYRANT TRADITIONS AFTER 70 CE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	257
13. THE EARLIEST ANTICHRIST TRADITIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	307
14. CONCLUSION: THE ORIGINS OF THE ANTICHRIST MYTH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	357
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	367
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	413

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eBook published on:

May 2, 2011

eBook ISBN:

9783110869545

Hardcover published on:

December 1, 1990

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110124057

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Reprint 2010

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Front matter:

27

Main content:

416

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110869545

eBook ISBN: 9783110869545

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110124057

Keywords for this book

Antichrist; Geschichte Anfänge-300

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