When the Son of Man Didn't Come: A Constructive Proposal on the Delay of the Parousia
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (735 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1451465548 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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MS said Excellent. Excellent synthesis of exegesis, historical theology, and philosophy. Their thesis is that "the delay of the Parousia is entirely consonant with the way ancient prophecy works and with the operations of the God that Christians worship." And "the timing of the consummation of the kingdom of God is contingent upon the behavior of mortals."
A. Ounsworth OP is tutor and lector in Scripture, Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, UK.C. Strine is Vice-Chancellor's Fellow and lecturer in Hebrew Bible at the University of Sheffield, UK.. Konstantinovsky is research fellow in theology and religion, Wolfson College, University of Oxford, UK.Richard J. Hays is professor of New Testament at Biblic
Hays is professor of New Testament at Biblical Seminary of Colombia in Medellín, Colombia.Brandon Gallaher is lecturer of systematic and comparative theology in the department of theology and religion at the University of Exeter, UK.Julia S. Konstantinovsky is research fellow in theology and religion, Wolfson College, University of Oxford, UK.Richard J. Strine is Vice-Chancellor's Fellow and lecturer in Hebrew Bible at the University of Sheffield, UK.. About the AuthorChristopher M. A. Ounsworth OP is tutor and lector in Scripture, Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, UK.C
The authors argue that the deferral of Christ's prophesied return follows logically from the conditional nature of ancient predictive prophecy: Jesus has not come again because God's people have not yet responded sufficiently to Christ's call for holy and godly action. The delay of the Parousia—the second coming of Christ—has vexed Christians since the final decades of the first century. The argument is grounded in Christian tradition while remaining fully engaged with the critical insights and methodological approaches of twenty-first-century scholars. The authors, however, have done more than tackle a daunting theological problem: as the group traverses issues from higher criticism through doctrine and into liturgy and ethics, they p