Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
The Oxford Handbook of the Apocrypha
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2021) 534-549
Keywords:
New Testament Theology
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Apocrypha Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Christianity and other religions Judaism Early church, ca. 30-600
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History
Abstract:
The books of the Apocrypha contain extensive reflection on the theologies of earlier Jewish writings, particularly in regard to election, the Torah, and the Deuteronomistic theology of history, in the face of several critical situations facing the Jewish people (the advance and advantages of Hellenization, the repression of Judaism under Antiochus IV, ongoing life as a minority culture throughout the Diaspora, and domination and devastation under Rome). They also bear witness to important developments both in personal and national eschatology and in the identification of supernatural forces impacting human existence (e.g., angels and demons). Early Christians, in turn, found these texts to provide important resources for their reflection upon the person and work of Jesus, applying developments within the Wisdom tradition in their delineation of the relationship of the Son to God and within the Jewish martyrological traditions to their professions about the atoning force of Jesus’ death. These texts thus exercised an important influence on the theologies articulated in the New Testament and the development of the doctrines and creeds embraced by the universal church, despite the ongoing discussions within the church concerning their canonical status.
DOI:
10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190689643.013.27
URL:
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