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Clark-Soles, Jaime, 1967-

Death and the afterlife in the New Testament / Jaime Clark-Soles. - New York : T & T Clark, c2006. - x, 261 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-237) and indexes.

Introduction -- Backgrounds -- Death and afterlife in ancient and second temple forms of Judaism -- Postmortem existence in the OT : Sheol -- Formation of heaven and hell -- The functions of divine judgment in Old Testament texts -- Greco-Roman material -- Paul : the ethics of death and afterlife -- Paul's background and chronology -- General introduction to Pauline anthropology 1 Cor. 15 -- Beyond 1 Cor 15: 2, Cor 5:1-10, and Philippians 1:18b-26 -- Death and afterlife in the Fourth Gospel -- A conversation with John AQ.T. Robinson -- Working hypothesis : FG evinces a bestowed realized immortality for believers -- Composition of human beings -- Fate of human beings -- "That to philosophize is to learn to die" -- The problem of death -- The problem of death in the Fourth Gospel -- The Fourth Gospel and epicureanism -- Death and afterlife in Matthew -- Matthew's community -- Matthean cosmology -- Matthean anthropology -- Language of death and destruction -- Eschatological scenario -- Death and afterlife in the Petrine texts -- Introduction to 1 Peter -- Death and afterlife in 1 Peter -- Death and afterlife in 2 Peter -- Conclusions and directions for further research.

ISBN: 0567029026 (hardcover) 9780567029027 (hardcover) 0567029123 (pbk.) 9780567029126 (pbk.) 9780567029027 9780567029126

LCCN: 2006024402

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA670074 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013531964 Uk

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Bible.--New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Death--Biblical teaching.
Future life--Biblical teaching.

LC Class. No.: BS2545.D45 / C53 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 236/.109015