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

Cover -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION -- The Corruption and Redemption of Creation in Paul's Thought -- The Relationship of Romans 8.19-22 to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature -- The Scope of This Study -- PART I: EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP OF PAUL TO JEWISH APOCALYPTIC -- Chapter 1 CORRUPTION AND REDEMPTION OF CREATION AS JEWISH APOCALYPTIC FEATURES -- Characteristics of Jewish Apocalyptic Literature -- The Corruption and Redemption of Creation in Jewish Apocalyptic Writings -- Chapter 2 THE QUESTION OF A JEWISH APOCALYPTIC BACKGROUND TO ROMANS 8.19-22 -- The Relationship of Paul's Thought to Jewish Apocalyptic -- Jewish Apocalyptic Influence on Romans 8.19-22 -- Summary -- PART II: THE CORRUPTION AND REDEMPTION OF CREATION IN JEWISH APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE -- Chapter 3 EARLY JEWISH APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE -- 1 (Ethiopie) Enoch Book 1 (Chapters 1-36): The Book of Watchers -- 1 Enoch Book 3 (Chapters 72-82): The Astronomical Book -- 1 Enoch Book 4 (Chapters 83-90): The Book of Dreams -- 1 Enoch Book 5 (Chapters 91-108): The Epistle of Enoch -- The Book of Jubilees -- Chapter 4 2 (SLAVONIC) ENOCH -- Date, Provenance and Recensions -- Corruption of Creation -- Redemption of Creation -- Personification of Creation -- Summary -- Chapter 5 FlRST-CENTURY-CE JEWISH APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE -- 1 Enoch Book 2 (Chapters 37-71): The Book of Parables -- 4 Ezra -- 2 (Syriac) Baruch -- Apocalypse of Moses and Life of Adam and Eve -- Chapter 6 JEWISH APOCALYPTIC VIEWS OF THE CORRUPTION AND REDEMPTION OF CREATION -- General Trends -- Corruption of Creation -- Redemption of Creation -- Personification of Creation -- PART III: ROMANS 8.19-22 IN THE LIGHT OF JEWISH APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE -- Chapter 7 EXEGESIS OF ROMANS 8.19-22 -- Theme and Relationship to Context -- Structure of the Passage -- The Meaning of K&amp -- #964 -- í&amp -- #963.

I&amp -- #962 -- -- Verse 19 -- Verse 20 -- Verse 21 -- Verse 22 -- Summary of Major Themes -- Chapter 8 ROMANS 8.19-22 COMPARED TO JEWISH APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE -- Corruption of Creation -- Redemption of Creation -- Personification of Creation -- Functions of Corruption and Redemption of Creation Themes -- CONCLUSIONS -- Apocalyptic Theology or Literary Genre? -- The Question of Literary Dependence -- Strands of Jewish Apocalyptic Thought Closest to Romans 8.19-22 -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Literature -- Index of Modern Authors -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

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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