ISBN-13: 9781433130632 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 198 str.
ISBN-13: 9781433130632 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 198 str.
1 Thessalonians 4:13 18 has long been the quintessential Pauline text on the parousia of Christ. Nowhere else does Paul reveal a more vivid picture of Christ s coming. The apostle Paul employs a number of images to describe the parousia to the Thessalonian congregation who have become anxious, grief-stricken, and despairing in the midst of the loss of their loved ones. Until recently scholars have held that Paul s use of imagery in 1 Thess. 4:13 18 was either inspired by Greco-Roman imperial categories or Jewish apocalyptic categories.
Michael E. Peach provides a fresh examination of imagery in 1 Thess. 4:13 18 arguing that Paul synthesizes both the Jewish and Greco-Roman imagery. With careful analysis, Peach traces the history of interpretation of Pauline eschatology finding patterns of thought concerning the source of inspiration of Paul s use of imagery. Utilizing these patterns, the author further examines the meaning and function of four images employed by Paul: -a loud command, - -the sound of an archangel, - -the trumpet of God, - and -the meeting of the Lord.- Ultimately, Peach s discoveries demonstrate that Paul synthesizes apocalyptic and Greco-Roman triumph imagery to create a dramatic mosaic of the apocalyptic triumph, the parousia of Jesus Christ."