The Origins and Early Development of the Antichrist Myth

Gregory C. Jenks

Published by De Gruyter 1991

The Origins and Early Development of the Antichrist Myth

Gregory C. Jenks

Volume 59 in the series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110869545

Contents

Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
1. THE QUESTION OF THE ANTICHRIST MYTH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. THE ANTICHRIST MYTH IN THE THIRD CENTURY CE
2. INTRODUCTION: THE WITNESSES AND THE PERIOD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
3. USE OF SCRIPTURE TO ELUCIDATE THE MYTH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
4. SKETCHES OF THE ANTICHRIST FIGURE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
5. THE ACTIVITY OF THE ANTICHRIST FIGURE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
II. ANTECEDENT TRADITIONS TO THE ANTICHRIST MYTH
6. INTRODUCTION: THE SEARCH FOR ORIGINS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
7. DEMONIC POWERS IN EARLY JEWISH WRITINGS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
8. ANTIOCHUS IV IN JEWISH TRADITION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
9. ASPECTS OF HELLENISTIC JEWISH WRITINGS WITH PARALLELS TO THE LATER ANTICHRIST LITERATURE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
III. THE EMERGING ANTICHRIST MYTH
10. INTRODUCTION: CONVERGING STRANDS IN JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN LITERATURE PRIOR TO 175 CE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
11. THE ENDTYRANT TRADITIONS PRIOR TO 70 CE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
12. THE ENDTYRANT TRADITIONS AFTER 70 CE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
13. THE EARLIEST ANTICHRIST TRADITIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
14. CONCLUSION: THE ORIGINS OF THE ANTICHRIST MYTH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	357
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	367
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	413

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Edition: Reprint 2010
Pages
- Front matter: 27
- Main content: 416
Keywords: Antichrist; Geschichte Anfänge-300

eBook

Published: May 2, 2011
ISBN: 9783110869545

Hardcover

Published: December 1, 1990
ISBN: 9783110124057