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Mystery and the Making of a Christian Historical Consciousness

T. J. Lang
In general, theological terms this study examines the interplay of early Christian understandings of history, revelation, and identity. The book explores this interaction through detailed analysis of appeals to "mystery" in the Pauline letter collection and then the discourse of previously hidden but newly revealed mysteries in various second-century thinkers. T.J. Lang argues that the historical coordination of the concealed/revealed binary ("the mystery previously hidden but presently revealed") enabled these early Christian authors to ground Christian claims - particularly key ecclesial, hermeneutical, and christological claims - in Israel's history and in the eternal design of God while at the same time accounting for their revelatory newness. This particular Christian conception of time gives birth to a new and totalizing historical consciousness, and one that has significant implications for the construction of Christian identity, particularly vis-à-vis Judaism.
Autor: Lang, T. J.
EAN: 9783110442670
Sprache: Englisch
Seitenzahl: 306
Produktart: Gebunden
Verlag: De Gruyter de Gruyter, Walter, GmbH
Veröffentlichungsdatum: 16.10.2015
Untertitel: From Paul to the Second Century
Schlagworte: Christentum Weltreligionen / Christentum Auslegung (Bibel) Exegese Schriftauslegung Bibel / Neues Testament Neues Testament Spiritualität Theologie Frühchristentum / Urchristentum Urchristentum Urgemeinde Urkirche
Größe: 23 × 160 × 236
Gewicht: 613 g

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