Paul and the Apocalyptic Imagination

includes index and biblioraphy

Part I. 1.Paul and the apocalyptic imagination An introduction .....3 2. Then I proceeded to where things were chaotic (1enoch 21:1) Mapping the apocalyptic landscape .....23 Part II Apocalyptic as god`s eschatological activity in paul`s theology .....45 4. Apocalyptic epistemology The sine quq non of valid pauline interpretation .....65 5. Apocalyptic as theoria in the letters of st.paul A new perspective on apocalyptic as mother of theology .....87 6. Apocalyptic and the sudden fulfillment of divine promise .....111 Part III 7. Some reflections on apocalyptic thought and time in literature from the second temple period .....137 8. The transcendence of death and heavenly ascent in the apocalyptic paul and the stoics ....157 9. Second-century perspectives on the apocalyptic paul Reading the apocalypse of paul and the acts of paul ....177 10. Some remarks on apocalyptic in modern christian theology .....199 Part IV 11. Righteousness revealed The death of christ as the definition of the righteousness of God in Romans 3:21-26 ....219 12. Thinking from christ to israel romans 9-11 in apocalyptic context ....239 13. Apocalyptic allegiance and disinvestment in the world A reading of 1 corinthians 7:25-35 ....257 14. After destroying every rule, authority, and power paul, apocalyptic and politics in 1 corinthians ....275 15. Plight and solution in paul`s apocalyptic perspective A study of 2 corinthians 5:18-21 16. The apocalyptic new covenant and the shape of life in the spirit according to Galatians .....317 17. The two ages and salvation history in Paul`s Apocalyptic imagination A comparison of 4 Ezra and galatians ....339