This World and the World to Come: Soteriology in Early Judaism

by Daniel Gurtner

Publisher:

T&T Clark

, 2011

Overview

Did authors of Second Temple texts concern themselves with “salvation?” If so, on what terms? What does one need “salvation” from? Are the parameters of who is included in or excluded from “salvation” defined? Daniel Gurtner’s vision in compiling this collection is to collect contributions on a single topic as it is addressed in individual books from the Second Temple period. Working from a sound methodological basis, the contributors assess the theme in different books, taking into account issues of genre and provenance. This allows an acute comparison of how this topic is present across a myriad of Second Temple Jewish texts. Throughout the course of the work the notion of “soteriology” is very broadly conceived. While acknowledging the Christian connotation of the term “soteriology,” the volume similarly acknowledges the usefulness of the term as a heuristic category for careful analysis.

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Praise for the Print Edition

Soteriology in this volume serves as shorthand for the state of well-being that is the goal of life. The contributors are a distinguished selection of older and younger scholars, including some of the most prominent names in the field. The essays emphasize the diversity of ‘soteriologies’ in the literature of Second Temple Judaism. They provide a fascinating window on the theological diversity of Judaism in the era in which Christianity was born.

—John J. Collins, Holmes Professor of Old Testament, Yale University

Product Details

• Title: This World and the World to Come: Soteriology in Early Judaism
• Editor: Daniel M. Gurtner
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Series: The Library of Second Temple Studies
• Publication Date: 2013
• Pages: 384
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Topic: Judaica, Soteriology

About Daniel Gurtner

Daniel M. Gurtner (PhD, University of St Andrews, Scotland) is Professor of New Testament at Gateway Seminary (Ontario, California [USA]). He has taught in seminaries since 2005 and publishes broadly in the New Testament and Second Temple Judaism. His primary research interests lie in the gospels and their interface with the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Judaism. Gurtner is currently writing the Word Biblical Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew and is an active member of the Society for Biblical Literature and the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, among other organizations.