A Peaceable Hope

Contesting Violent Eschatology in New Testament Narratives

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Bible & Bible Studies, New Testament, Criticism & Interpretation, Study
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Author: David J Neville ISBN: 9781441240156
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group Publication: February 15, 2013
Imprint: Baker Academic Language: English
Author: David J Neville
ISBN: 9781441240156
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Publication: February 15, 2013
Imprint: Baker Academic
Language: English

In the New Testament texts, there is significant tension between Jesus's nonviolent mission and message and the apparent violence attributed to God and God's agents at the anticipated end. David Neville challenges the ready association between New Testament eschatology and retributive vengeance on christological and canonical grounds. He explores the narrative sections of the New Testament--the Gospels, Acts, and Revelation--with a view to developing a peaceable, as opposed to retributive, understanding of New Testament eschatology. Neville shows that for every narrative text in the New Testament that anticipates a vehement eschatology, another promotes a largely peaceable eschatology. This work furthers the growing discussion of violence and the doctrine of the atonement.

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In the New Testament texts, there is significant tension between Jesus's nonviolent mission and message and the apparent violence attributed to God and God's agents at the anticipated end. David Neville challenges the ready association between New Testament eschatology and retributive vengeance on christological and canonical grounds. He explores the narrative sections of the New Testament--the Gospels, Acts, and Revelation--with a view to developing a peaceable, as opposed to retributive, understanding of New Testament eschatology. Neville shows that for every narrative text in the New Testament that anticipates a vehement eschatology, another promotes a largely peaceable eschatology. This work furthers the growing discussion of violence and the doctrine of the atonement.

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