The Cultic Setting of Realized Eschatology in Early Christianity

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THE CULTIC SETTING OF REALIZED ESCHATOLOGY IN EARLY CHRISTIANITY......Page 3 Copyright Page......Page 4 Table of Contents......Page 7 PREFACE......Page 9 The Phenomenon of "Realized" Eschatology in Early Christianity......Page 11 Statement of the Thesis......Page 18 Major Ways of Conceptualizing Eschatological Salvation as a Realized Phenomenon in Early Christian Experience......Page 21 Application of the Thesis to a Controlled Typological Grouping of Interrelated Texts......Page 33 Introduction......Page 39 The Thesis of Heinz-Wolfgang Kuhn......Page 41 Realized Eschatology and the Paradise Motif......Page 47 Conclusions......Page 52 Introduction to the Problem......Page 55 The Communal Setting and Socio-Religious Environment out of Which the Fourth Gospel Arose......Page 75 The Character of the Realized Eschatology of the Fourth Gospel......Page 112 Conclusions......Page 143 Introduction to the Problem......Page 146 Ignatius' Conception of the Gospel......Page 149 Modes of Appropriating the Benefits of Salvation......Page 152 The Nature and Significance of Eschatological Salvation......Page 162 Conclusions......Page 174 Introduction......Page 176 The Cultic Setting of the Odes......Page 184 The Cultic Setting of Eschatological Salvation in the Odes......Page 194 Conclusion......Page 203 Introduction......Page 205 The Nature of Salvation According to Marcion......Page 207 Marcion's Conception of Future Eschatological Existence......Page 212 The Present Appropriation of Future Eschatological Existence......Page 221 Ascetic Motivations in Early Syrian Christianity and Marcion......Page 225 Conclusions......Page 229 SUMMARY......Page 230 Indices......Page 236