Salvation for the Righteous Revealed: Jesus Amid Covenantal and Messianic Expectations in Second Temple Judaism

by Ed Condra

Why is there such an ethical emphasis in Jesus' gospel proclamation? This work finds the answer in Jesus meeting his audience within their own conceptual realms and then expanding those realms to point to the nature of his salvation.
The bulk of this work investigates the soteriology of Second Temple Judaism, especially of the Qumran Scrolls. The apocalyptic lesson was the demand of a greater covenantal obedience, held in tension with God's grace,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004126171
• ISBN13: 9789004126176
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.7"