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The Corruption and Redemption of Creation : Nature in Romans 8. 19-22 and Jewish Apocalyptic Literature

By Harry Hahne

Book information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year
2007
ISBN
9780567339690, 9780567030559
LCC
BS2665.52 -- .H34 2006eb
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16536062 bytes)
Series
The Library of New Testament Studies
Edition
1
Pages
282\282
Time added
2023-08-06 21:11:42
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Description

Nature plays an important and often neglected role in Jewish apocalypses. Most Second Temple Jewish apocalypses (ca. 200 BC - AD 100) do not oppose the material world, but view nature as damaged by human and angelic sin. Rather than expecting God to destroy the world, many look forward to God's dramatic eschatological deliverance of nature from corruption. Although Romans 8:19-22 was not written in the genre of an apocalypse, it shares the basic apocalyptic world view. The Apostle Paul follows that stream of apocalyptic thought that looks forward to the transformation of creation by an eschatological divine act, the reversal of the damage caused by sin, and the perfection of nature to share glory with redeemed humanity. A comparison of nature in Jewish apocalypses and Romans 8:19-22 reveals important insights into the theology of early Judaism and its influence on early Christian thought.

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