Constructing Antichrist

Name: Constructing Antichrist
SKU: 9780813227115
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Author: Kevin L. Hughes
ISBN: 9780813227115

Paul, Biblical Commentary, and the Development of Doctrine in the Early Middle Ages

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

AvKevin L. Hughes

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The figure of Antichrist has gripped the Christian imagination for two thousand years. But Antichrist does not spring fully from the pages of Scripture. Rather, he emerges over a millennium of reflection on hints and clues scattered throughout Scripture and Christian tradition.In particular, the image of Antichrist is tied in a vital way to the man medieval Christians knew simply as 'the Apostle'--St. Paul.Constructing Antichrist engages readers with the question: what does Paul have to do with the Antichrist? Integrating new scholarship in apocalypticism and the history of exegesis, this book is the first longitudinal study of the role of Paul in apocalyptic thought. Readers will gain new appreciation for the theological weight of medieval exegesis generally and for the persistence of apocalypticism in the medieval Christian imagination as it dared to envision the Adversary.The author argues that the western doctrines of Antichrist and the Last Days are entwined with the development of medieval New Testament exegesis. The Second Letter to the Thessalonians--a brief and much-debated apocalyptic text in the New Testament--is the most important locus for doctrinal speculation about Antichrist and the coming End. The author carefully examines commentaries on 2 Thessalonians from the fourth to the twelfth centuries and finds that they provide the 'architecture' for the developing doctrine of Antichrist as it is portrayed in later medieval art and literature. By the twelfth century, this tradition of reflection distills from the various early interpretations a classic, synthetic understanding of Antichrist and the End that forms an authoritative consensus for centuries.

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Utgivningsdatum2014-07-31
Mått140 x 215 x 18 mm
Vikt455 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor302
FörlagThe Catholic University of America Press
ISBN9780813227115

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“Kevin L. Hughes’s Constructing Antichrist makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the growth and development of the idea of Antichrist from late Antiquity to the high Middle Ages. . . . [T]his book contains a wealth of information on the early medieval exegetical traditions of Antichrist. . . . Anyone interested in early medieval exegesis in general, and the theme of Antichrist in particular, will learn a great deal from it.” - TMR“[A] readable . . . history of the exegesis and theological reflection on the 2 Thessalonians’ formulation of the figure of the Antichrist from Paul through the Western developments into the eleventh century.” - Religious Studies Review“In six clearly written chapters the author leads the reader on a fascinating investigation of the apocalyptic imagination concerning the Antichrist beginning with St. Paul himself, continuing through the early Middle Ages. . . . [A] very important book . . . . This is a book for every theology library. It could be used with great profit in upper division undergraduate courses in both the history of theology as well as the history of exegesis.” - Horizons“Constructing Antichrist comprehensively examines early medieval exegesis of Second Thessalonians, especially its second chapter, in which references to “the Son of Perdition” who will “sit in the temple of God” were interpreted as prophecies of a future Antichrist. . . . [An] excellent book.” - The Journal of Religion“Hughes’s account is admirably clear, alert, and thoughtful. He often provides valuable insights.” - Church History.