The Doctrine of the Last Things: Jewish and Christian

by W. O. E. Oesterley

Publisher:

John Murray

, 1908

Overview

For a right understanding of what the Gospels teach concerning the “last things,” we must study the antecedents upon which that teaching was based. Eschatology, like so many other things, went through a process of development before it assumed that form which the Gospels have made so familiar to us. No developed growth can be satisfactorily studied without knowing something about its earlier processes of formation and the conditions under which development took place. The Doctrine of Last Things provides in-depth insight into what the Old Testament, apocalyptic literature, and Rabbinical literature have to say about the afterlife.

Key Features

• Provides insight into the development of eschatology
• Explores the antecedents of the Gospels
• Reveals Old Testament, apocalyptic literature, and Rabbinical literature’s teachings on the afterlife

Contents

• The Antecedents of the Gospel Teaching: Introductory
• The Antecedents of the Gospel Teaching: The Old Testament
• The Antecedents of the Gospel Teaching: Some Further Elements in the Old Testament
• the Antecedents of the Gospel Teaching, The Apocalyptic Literature: Introductory
• The Antecedents of the Gospel Teaching: The Apocalyptic Literature
• Some Further Eschatological Elements in the Apocalyptic Literature
• Eschatological Teaching in Rabbinical Literature
• The Coming of the Messiah, the Son of Man
• The Gospel Teaching of the Second Advent
• The Gospel Teaching of the Second Advent: Contrast with Its Antecedents
• The Christian Adaptation of Jewish Teaching

Top Highlights

“must recognise in Old Testament Eschatology a body of beliefs which were common property, belonging to no one age” (Page 20)

“ ‘Orthodox Judaism’ and ‘Hellenistic Judaism,’ and both formed the basis of much that Christ taught.” (Page 6)

“the Gospels, is permeated with Jewish belief and thought.” (Page 1)

Product Details

• Title: The Doctrine of the Last Things: Jewish and Christian
• Author: W. O. E. Oesterley
• Publisher: John Murray
• Print Publication Date: 1908
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Pages: 229
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Eschatology; Eschatology, Jewish
• Resource ID: LLS:ESCHAOESTERLEY
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T01:43:03Z

About W. O. E. Oesterley

W.O.E. Oesterley (1866–1950) was educated at Brighton College, Jesus College, and West Theological College. Oesterley went on to become professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Studies at King’s College, London. He is the author of numerous titles, including: The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach or Ecclesiasticus, The Epistle to Philemon, and An Introduction to the Books of the Apocrypha.