Contents:
I. Everyman’s Concern with the ‘Last Things’: Eschatology and Christianity – Eschatology to-day – Two aspects of the ‘Last Things’ – The study of the New Testament view
II. Hebrew and Jewish Thought of the ‘Last Things’: Old Testament Ideas – The Day of Yahweh – Jewish Apocalyptic – Conceptions of the coming deliverance – The life after death – The Kingdom of God – Note: Eschatology in the Apocrypha
III. The Teaching in the Synoptic Gospels: The literary problem – Form-criticism and eschatology – The eschatology of John the Baptist – The teaching of Jesus
IV. Aspects of the Synoptic Teaching: Jesus’s conception of the Kingdom of God – Jesus’s conception of the Son of Man – The importance and validity of Jesus’s eschatology
V. Eschatology in the Early Christian Preaching: The Acts of Apostles – The First Epistle of Peter – The Epistle of James – Eschatology and morality
VI. The Eschatology of St. Paul: The New Age – The Parousia of Christ – Paul’s treatment of the Judgment – The Resurrection and the intermediate state – The Kingdom of God – The final condition of men – Paul’s use of Jewish eschatology – The nature of Pauline eschatology – Note: The Pastoral Epistles
VII. The Epistle to the Hebrews: The new age – The future consummation – The eschatological reinterpretation
VIII. Christian Apocalyptic Writings: The Book of Revelation – The Epistle of Jude – 2 Peter – The ‘Freer Logion’
IX. The eschatology of the Johannine Writings: The Fourth Gospel – The Epistles of John
X. The New Testament Eschatology: Leading lines of thought in the New Testament – The value of the New Testament eschatology