Language:
English
Year of publication:
2020
Titel der Quelle:
Novum Testamentum
Angaben zur Quelle:
62,3 (2020) 257-272
Keywords:
New Testament. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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New Testament. Relation to the Bible
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Apocalyptic literature Comparative studies
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Eschatology New Testament teaching
Abstract:
In Heb 12:26–29, the author envisages the unshakable kingdom that will be established through the shaking of heaven and earth. The image of the cosmic shaking caused many interpreters to understand the present passage as the vision of the immaterial, ideal world, which will come after the destruction of the creation, reflecting the background of the Platonic dualism. Nevertheless, the usages of the main terms, χρηµατίζω and µετάθεσις, and the OT citations in the present passage suggest that this understanding is not indisputable. In this article, it is argued that some Jewish apocalyptic texts provide an alternative background of the text, offering a vision of the eschatological kingdom established by the revealed heavenly realm and the renewed creation.
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