In this pioneering study of Scripture and reception history, Tucker S. Ferda shows that the hope for Jesus's second coming originated in his own message about the coming of the kingdom after a time of distress.Ā
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Most historical Jesus scholars take for granted that Jesus's second coming was invented by his zealous early followers. InĀ
Jesus and His Promised Second Coming, Tucker S. Ferda challenges this critical consensus. Using innovative methodology, Ferda works backward through reception history to Paul and the Gospels to argue that the hope for the second coming originated in Jesus's own grappling with the prospect of death and his conviction that the kingdom was near; he expected a return that would coincide with the final judgment and the end of the age within the space of a generation.Ā
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Ferda also makes a major contribution to the reception history of the Bible, shedding light on how Christians distinguished their faith from JudaismĀ by deriding "Jewish messianism" as earthly minded and militaristic. In the early modern period, critics found an expedient way to distance Jesus from this caricature of "Jewish messianism": they pinned the expectation for the second coming on Jesus's early followers.Ā A new appreciation for the diversity of Judaism and messianism in the Second Temple period makes possible a fresh reconstruction of Jesus.Ā Ā
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Bold and historically astute,Ā
Jesus and His Promised Second ComingĀ breathes new life into a long-stagnant conversation. It also offers readers fresh insight into the history of Jewish-Christian relations. Students and scholars of the New Testament will need to read and engage with Ferda's provocative argument.
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Jesus and His Promised Second Coming
Jewish Eschatology and Christian Origins
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword by Dale C. Allison Jr.
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- Part One: Reading the Future of Jesus Backward
- Part Two: The āPainful Thornā of the Parousia
- Part Three: Awake and at Work
- Part Four: The Future Kingdom and its Messiah
- Bibliography
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