Eschatology and Apocalypticism
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Scholars have commonly located the source of Paul’s analogy for the resurrection body in 1 Cor 15:39–49 in the enumerated creatures of Genesis 1. Some interpreters have suggested Sir 43:1–10 lies behind the reference to the variegated... more
I have held this book back many years. It is now time for it to see the light of day (being part of the larger work, A Great And Terrible Love: A Visionary Journey from Woodstock’s Sorceries to God’s Paradise). With the gained... more
Claude Eatherly, pilota e metereologo, era un ragazzo texano di 27 anni quando ordinò lo sgancio della prima bomba atomica della storia, Little Boy, che colpì Hiroshima il 6 agosto 1945. Nonostante la giovane età, non era certo un... more
Who, or what, is the beast of Revelation? We cannot know the Mark of the Beast or any other details until we trace the history of kingdoms, both spiritual and earthly. The symbols of Revelation 13 and Revelation 17 give us enough... more
This translates Paul Casanova, "Mohammed et la fin du monde", collected and published in Paris, 1911. This is just the main section with footnotes; not the Complementary Notes. I have further corrected some typo's, and for the footnotes I... more
In this paper, the author wants to demonstrate that the demise of Pentecostal dispensationalism along with some further contemporary factors are removing the bedrock upon which Pentecostal premillennialism was standing. For this reason,... more
It is common to find, in the literature or audios distributed by some dissident ministries, the affirmation that the seven heads of the beast of Revelation 17 represent seven popes (seven kings). Those who make this affirmation usually... more
Background: This thesis aims to show that the narratives of the Nag Hammadi Apocalypse of Paul and First Apocalypse of James are written for a Valentinian audience. The purpose is to broaden the field of research on Valentinianism by... more
The dissertation focuses on the texts of a religious movement known as Tianshidao (the Way of the Celestial Masters) from the 2nd to the 5th century CE. Tianshidao is presented as a multifaceted tradition that should not be reduced by a... more
Trotz zahlreicher und fundierter Einblicke in die Gattung und den theologischen Inhalt der Nag-Hammadi-Apokalypse des Paulus (NHC V,2) bleibt die genaue Valenz des Textes umstritten: Ist der Text valentinianisch, wie oft behauptet,... more
This collection of essays originates from the 2014 Evil in Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity conference hosted by the Centre for the Social-Scientific Study of the Bible at St Mary's University, Twickenham. Featuring an... more
This groundbreaking study reveals the distinctive impact of apocalyptic ideas about time, evil and power on church and society in the Latin West, c.400–c.1050. Drawing on evidence from late antiquity, the Frankish kingdoms, Anglo-Saxon... more
La christologie des premiers chrétiens réfléchit sur le scandale de la croix suivi de la résurrection de Jésus, le Galiléen supplicié.
One of Jesus' memorable phrases is " there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. " It is an apocalyptic phrase without identical extant parallels in ancient literature. The presence of " weeping " often leads to the conclusion that this... more
У овом раду полазим од две методолошке претпоставке: 1) Култура се може очитати из језика; 2) Култура је целина, те се може објективно испитати само огледањем с другом целином. Полазећи од лексике, примењујем широку филолошку методологију... more
In Book 5 of his Against Heresies (Adversus Haereses), Irenaeus envisions an eschaton that coheres with the beginning of creation and serves God’s purpose of perfecting man in His divine dispensation. For this argument, Irenaeus cites... more
Summary The literary pattern of Asael’s punishment in the Enochic myth does not seem to stem from biblical literature or Greek mythology. It is far more probable that one has to look for its antecedents in Babylonian anti-witchcraft... more
The Bible contains a motif often overlooked, but which is highly significant. That is the Absent Master motif. This is just one short article examining the significance of this motif for understanding Biblical Eschatology. I have also... more
While there can be a blessing in reading any part of God’s Word, the promise in Revelation 1:3 motivated me all the more toward this study project, “Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear... more
Review of Erich Fromm, The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974).
This chapter builds on, modifies, and criticizes recent provocative arguments concerning post-political environmental apocalyptic discourses. We develop a notion of contestatory apocalyptics, provide some examples and differences between... more
Intervention dans un colloque sur les théories de la fin du monde.
Evaluation du discours eschatologique transhumaniste.
Evaluation du discours eschatologique transhumaniste.
Installment #5 in our examination of the so-called contrasts between the AD 70 judgment and the traditional claim of an "end of the world" coming in Matthew 24-25. Our examination demonstrates that the Olivet DIscourse is not a discussion... more
In this brief essay I counter the popular notions of the Antichrist often used for fear-mongering by showing how C. S. Lewis describes that false Messiah in the _Narnia Chronicles_, specifically in the first chapter of _The Last Battle_.
An schematic outline of a coherent alternative to the "Anselmian" greatest-being theology that develops themes from the existential tradition, panentheism, process thought, and contemporary open theism. This approach depends centrally on... more
THE MESSAGES OF THE APOCALYPTICAL WRITERS THE BOOKS OF DANIEL, AND REVELATION AND SOME UNCANONICAL APOCALYPSES WITH HISTORICAL INTRODUCTIONS AND A FREE RENDERING IN PARAPHRASE Author: FRANK CHAMBERLIN PORTER , PH.D. , D.D. Winkley... more
Eschatological expectations reached a very high pitch in Russia at the end of 2012. The state media found it necessary more than once to calm the citizens' agitation, and even President Putin took part in this. In the end the world did... more
In 1372, Milíč – a former notary of Charles IV’s chancellery and a popular preacher – bought a house in the Old Town of Prague, which used to be a brothel before. He founded there a shelter for repented prostitutes and lay preachers and... more
This article proposes a periodisation of the narrative work of Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986). Two meta-literary notions guide the first period: that of an absolute text and that of a text governed by chance, in which the former is linked... more
The Jehovists-Il’inites are a little known millenarian movement founded in the mid-nineteenth century by a Russian army officer and religious thinker, Nikolai Il’in. Still active in parts of the former Soviet Union, the... more
Statistically speaking, American Evangelical Christians are uniquely attracted to apocalyptic conspiracy theories when it comes to the topic of climate change. Since Evangelicals constitute a powerful voting/lobbying/shopping bloc, it is... more