Daly, Robert J. <br/><br/>
Apocalyptic Thought in Early Christianity /  [Text] 
edited by Robert J. Daly 
 - Grand Rapids, Mich. :  [Brookline, Mass.] :  Baker Academic ;  Holy Cross Orthodox Press,  c2009 
 - 303 p. : Pb  ill. ;  23 cm 
 - Holy Cross studies in patristic theology and history .
 - Holy Cross studies in patristic theology and history .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes 
<br/><br/> "I know your works": grace and judgment in the Apocalypse /  Apocalyptic themes in the monumental and minor art of early Christianity /  Turning points in early Christian Apocalypse exegesis /  "Faithful and true": early Christian apocalyptic and the person of Christ /  Pseudo-Hippolytus's "In sanctum pascha": a mystery apocalypse /  divine face and the angels of the face: Jewish apocalyptic themes in early Christology and pneumatology /  Hippolytus and Cyril of Jerusalem on the Antichrist: when did an Antichrist theology first emerge in early Christian baptismal catechesis? /  Expectations of the end in early Syriac Christianity /  Heavenly mysteries: themes from apocalyptic literature in the Macarian homilies and selected other fourth-century ascetical writers /  Eschatological horizons in the Cappadocian fathers /  Christ's descent to the underworld in ancient ritual and legend /  early Christian Daniel apocalyptica /  Temple and angel: apocalyptic themes in the theology of St. John Damascene /  Images of the second coming and the fate of the soul in middle Byzantine art /  Theodore Stylianopoulos --  John Herrmann ;  Annewies van den Hoek --  Bernard McGinn --  Brian E. Daley --  Dragoş-Andrei Giulea --  Bogdan G. Bucur --  J. A. Cerrato --  Ute Possekel --  Alexander Golitzin --  John A. McGuckin --  Georgia Frank --  Lorenzo DiTommaso --  Elijah Nicolas Mueller --  Nancy Patterson Ševčenko  The  The 
<br/><br/> This volume explores how early Christian understandings of apocalyptic writings and teachings are reflected in the theology, social practices, and institutions of the early church. Experts on patristic and Byzantine Christianity present substantial samplings of biblical interpretation, theology, and visual art from first-millennium Christianity, especially from the East, to demonstrate the depth and variety of meaning early believers found in Daniel, Revelation, and related writings. --from publisher description  This volume explores how early Christian understandings of apocalyptic writings and teachings are reflected in the theology, social practices, and institutions of the early church. Experts on patristic and Byzantine Christianity present substantial samplings of biblical interpretation, theology, and visual art from first-millennium Christianity, especially from the East, to demonstrate the depth and variety of meaning early believers found in Daniel, Revelation, and related writings. --from publisher description 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801036279  (pbk.) 0801036275  (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008053463 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--N.T.--Revelation--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--History--Early church, ca. 30-600
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>End of the world--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600<br/>Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism<br/>Apocalyptic Thought - Early Christianity--Revelation Interpretation<br/>Apocalyptic Christian Understanding--Apocalyptic Criticism and Interpretation
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BT877  / .A66 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>220.046  / D153A