Death and the Afterlife in the New Testament

Name: Death and the Afterlife in the New Testament
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ISBN: 9780567029126

ISBN-10: 0567029123

ISBN-13: 9780567029126

Edition: 2006

Authors: Jaime Clark-Soles, Clark-Soles

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What happens when we die? What does the New Testament say about Hell? What does the New Testament say about Heaven? Jaime Clark-Soles attempts to offer some answers to these and other questions in Death and the Afterlife in the New Testament. She discovers that the New Testament says both more and less than we might hope or expect. Every time the subject of death and the afterlife arises, New Testament writers place their answers in the concerns and experiences of living Christian communities. The writers relate to a larger theological and pastoral agenda, and their primary focus remains life on earth and the proper living of it. Clark-Soles discovers that no author sets out to answer…

Book details

List price: $54.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Publication date: 11/15/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.57" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Backgrounds


Death and Afterlife in Ancient Judaisms


Postmortem Existence in the OT: Sheol


The Formation of Heaven and Hell


Functions of Divine Judgment in OT Texts


Greco-Roman Material



Paul: The Ethics of Death and Afterlife


Six Main Points


Paul's Background and Chronology


Introduction to Pauline Anthropology


The Promises and Puzzles of 1 Cor 15, Paul's "Classic" Statement


On 2 Cor 5:1-10 and Phil 1:18b-26


Believers in Heaven


The Fate of Unbelievers


Conclusion



Death and Afterlife in the Fourth Gospel



A Conversation with John A. T. Robinson


The Composition of Human Beings


The Fate of Human Beings


Conclusion



"That to Philosophize Is to Learn to Die" 135


The Problem of Death


The Problem of Death in the Fourth Gospel


The Fourth Gospel and Epicureanism


Conclusion



Death and Afterlife in Matthew


Introduction


Matthew's Community


Matthew's Cosmology


Matthean Anthropology


Comparing Anthropological Languages


Language of Death and Destruction


Eschatological Scenario


Conclusion



Death and Afterlife in the Petrine Texts


Introduction to 1 Peter


Death and Afterlife in 1 Peter


Death and Afterlife in 2 Peter



Conclusions and Directions for Further Research


Bibliography


Index