Apocalyptic Interpretation of the Bible: Apocalypticism and Biblical Interpretation in Early Judaism, the Apostle Paul, the Historical Jesus, and their Reception History (Jewish and Christian Texts)

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Part I. Early Judaism. Prophecy and apocalypticism in Second-Temple Judaism -- Messianic expectations in the Qumran writings : trajectories in their development -- The apocalyptic interpretation of the patriarchs in 4QPatriarchal blessings (4Q252) -- Part II. The historical Jesus. 'The coming of the righteous one' in 1 Enoch, Qumran, and the New Testament -- The historical Jesus between early Judaism and early Christianity -- Jesus's prophetic and apocalyptic interpretation of scripture -- Part III. The Apostle Paul and the early church. Jesus and his second coming : between Messianism and eschatology -- The christological interpretation of the Bible in the letters of Paul -- Paul and the development of early Christian eschatology -- Part IV. Reception history. 2 Baruch, the Messiah, and the Bar Kochba revolt -- Back to the future in the early church : the use of the book of Daniel in early patristic eschatology -- The heritage of Jewish apocalypticism in rabbinic and early medieval Judaism.