This World and the World to Come: Soteriology in Early Judaism (The Library of Second Temple Studies, 74) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0567446921 ISBN 13: 9780567446923

Publisher: T&T Clark, 2013

Synopsis

Did authors of Second Temple texts concern themselves with 'salvation'? If so, on what terms? What does one need 'salvation' from? Are the parameters of who is included in or excluded from 'salvation' defined? Gurtner's vision in compiling this collection is to gather contributions on a single topic as it is addressed in individual books from the Second Temple period. Working from a sound methodological basis the contributors assess the theme in different books, acknowledging that the approaches in each text are different, depending on issues of genre and provenance. This allows an acute comparison of how this topic is present across a myriad of Second Temple Jewish texts. Throughout the course of the work the notion of "soteriology" is very broadly conceived. Whilst acknowledging the obviously Christian connotation of the term 'soteriology' the volume similarly acknowledges the usefulness of the term as an heuristic category for careful analysis.

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About the Authors

Daniel M. Gurtner (PhD, University of St Andrews) is Professor of New Testament at Gateway Seminary, USA. He has published a number of works on the Gospels and Second Temple Judaism, including the award-winning T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism (ed., with Loren T. Stuckenbruck, T&T Clark, 2019).

Lester L. Grabbe is Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull. He is founder and convenor of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology. A recent book is Ancient Israel:What Do We Know and How Do We Know it?

Edition details

• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0567446921
• ISBN 13: 9780567446923
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Gurtner Daniel M.