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The Origins and Early Development of the Antichrist Myth
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Table of contents
- FOREWORD
- ABSTRACT AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- LIST OF TABLES
- ABBREVIATIONS
- 1. THE QUESTION OF THE ANTICHRIST MYTH
- 1.1 The Question of the Origins and Early Development of the Antichrist Myth
- 1.2 Recent Research into the Origins of the Antichrist Myth
- 1.3 The Present Study
- I. THE ANTICHRIST MYTH IN THE THIRD CENTURY CE
- 2. INTRODUCTION: THE WITNESSES AND THE PERIOD
- 2.1 The Witnesses
- 2.2 The Period
- 2.3 The Method
- 3. USE OF SCRIPTURE TO ELUCIDATE THE MYTH
- 3.1 The Book of Daniel
- 3.2 2 Thessalonians
- 3.3 The Book of Revelation
- 3.4 Other Biblical Passages
- 4. SKETCHES OF THE ANTICHRIST FIGURE
- 4.1 The Antichrist Figure and the Satan Figure
- 4.2 False Teachers and Heretics
- 4.3 The Unparalleled Evil of the Antichrist
- 4.4 The Sinful Pride of the Antichrist
- 4.5 The Antichrist's Claim to Divine Honours
- 4.6 The Sovereignty of God
- 5. THE ACTIVITY OF THE ANTICHRIST FIGURE
- 5.1 The Origins of the Antichrist
- 5.2 The Military Conquests of the Antichrist
- 5.3 The Antichrist's Treatment of the Jews
- 5.4 The Dominion of the Antichrist
- 5.5 The Name of the Antichrist
- 5.6 The Destruction of the Antichrist and his Domain
- 5.7 Ambivalence Towards the Roman Empire in the Antichrist Literature of the Third Century
- 5.8 Summary: The Antichrist Myth in Christian Literature of the Third Century
- II. ANTECEDENT TRADITIONS TO THE ANTICHRIST MYTH
- 6. INTRODUCTION: THE SEARCH FOR ORIGINS
- 7. DEMONIC POWERS IN EARLY JEWISH WRITINGS
- 7.1 Non-Qumran Literature
- 7.2 Qumran
- 8. ANTIOCHUS IV IN JEWISH TRADITION
- 8.1 The Crisis and the Tyrant
- 8.2 Daniel
- 8.3 The Animal Apocalypse
- 8.4 Jubilees
- 8.5 1 Maccabees
- 8.6 2 Maccabees
- 8.7 The Testament of Moses
- 8.8 Sibylline Oracles
- 9. ASPECTS OF HELLENISTIC JEWISH WRITINGS WITH PARALLELS TO THE LATER ANTICHRIST LITERATURE
- 9.1 False Teachers and Heretics
- 9.2 Lawlessness and the Climax of Evil
- 9.3 The Deceit Motif
- 9.4 The Endtyrant Figure
- 9.5 The Jewish People
- 9.6 Persecution of the Elect
- 9.7 Divine Sovereignty
- 9.8 The Destruction of the Hostile Powers
- 9.9 Ambivalence Towards the Roman Empire
- III. THE EMERGING ANTICHRIST MYTH
- 10. INTRODUCTION: CONVERGING STRANDS IN JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN LITERATURE PRIOR TO 175 CE
- 11. THE ENDTYRANT TRADITIONS PRIOR TO 70 CE
- 11.1 The Synoptic Gospels
- 11.2 2 Thessalonians
- 11.3 The Book of Revelation
- 12. THE ENDTYRANT TRADITIONS AFTER 70 CE
- 12.1 Sibylline Oracles
- 12.2 The Epistle of Barnabas
- 12.3 4 Ezra
- 12.4 The Apocalypse of Abraham
- 12.5 2 (Syriac Apocalypse of) Baruch
- 12.6 The Odes of Solomon
- 12.7 3 (Greek Apocalypse of) Baruch
- 12.8 The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
- 12.9 Sibylline Oracles
- 13. THE EARLIEST ANTICHRIST TRADITIONS
- 13.1 The Didache
- 13.2 The Testament of Hezekiah
- 13.3 The Johannine Epistles
- 13.4 The Apocalypse of Peter
- 13.5 Polycarp, Epistle to the Philippians
- 13.6 Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho
- 14. CONCLUSION: THE ORIGINS OF THE ANTICHRIST MYTH
- 14.1 Points of General Agreement
- 14.2 Matters Still Subject to Debate
- 14.3 The Synthesis Proposed in this Study
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX