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Saved through fire : the fiery ordeal in New Testament eschatology / Daniel Frayer-Griggs ; foreword by William R. Telford.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (xix, 279 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781498203265
  • 1498203264
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Saved through fire.DDC classification:
  • 230 23
LOC classification:
  • BS680.F53 F73 2016eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Introductory matters -- The functions of fire in the Hebrew Bible -- Judgment by fire in Second Temple apocalyptic literature -- John the Baptist and the baptism in fire -- The "fire words" of Jesus of Nazareth -- Saved through fire -- Local persecutions and the cosmic conflagration -- Concluding remarks.
Summary: An unusually polyvalent symbol, fire assumes numerous functions in the Bible. It is a defining feature of theophanies, it serves as an instrument of judgment, and in some instances it cleanses and purifies. Examining a complex of traditions ranging from John the Baptist to Jesus of Nazareth and from the Pauline to the Petrine Epistles, Daniel Frayer-Griggs identifies a recurring motif in the New Testament, arguing that these disparate traditions, which appear in both very early and very late New Testament texts, testify to a shared belief that everyone--both the righteous and the wicked--would be subjected to eschatological judgment by fire and that the righteous would experience this judgment as a fiery ordeal through which they would be tested and, in some cases, ultimately purified.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1228078

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-265) and index.

Introductory matters -- The functions of fire in the Hebrew Bible -- Judgment by fire in Second Temple apocalyptic literature -- John the Baptist and the baptism in fire -- The "fire words" of Jesus of Nazareth -- Saved through fire -- Local persecutions and the cosmic conflagration -- Concluding remarks.

An unusually polyvalent symbol, fire assumes numerous functions in the Bible. It is a defining feature of theophanies, it serves as an instrument of judgment, and in some instances it cleanses and purifies. Examining a complex of traditions ranging from John the Baptist to Jesus of Nazareth and from the Pauline to the Petrine Epistles, Daniel Frayer-Griggs identifies a recurring motif in the New Testament, arguing that these disparate traditions, which appear in both very early and very late New Testament texts, testify to a shared belief that everyone--both the righteous and the wicked--would be subjected to eschatological judgment by fire and that the righteous would experience this judgment as a fiery ordeal through which they would be tested and, in some cases, ultimately purified.

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