Theophilos, Michael P.

The abomination of desolation in Matthew 24.15 / Michael P. Theophilos - New York, NY: Bloomsbury T & T Clark, 2012 - vi, 285 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. - Library of New Testament studies .

Acknowledgements; Introduction Assumptions and Dating; 1. Assumptions; 2. Issues in Dating; Chapter 1 Scholarship on the ... ; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Survey; 1.3. Context of Proposed Question; Chapter 2 Structure and Significance; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. A Structural Overview of Matthew; 2.3. Lament over Jerusalem (Mt. 23.37-39); 2.4. The Problem of Textual Variation in Mt. 23.38; 2.5. The Relationship of Chapter 23 to the Surrounding Material; 2.6. The Problem of Mt. 23.39; 2.7. The Problem of 'Doing, Keeping and the "Seat of Moses'" in Mt. 23.2-3. 2.8. The Problem of Hypocrisy as Deuteronomistic Curses2.9. Significant Parallels in Jewish Literature; 2.10. Preliminary Conclusion; 2.11. A Residual Problem Concerning Dating; Chapter 3 'Eschatological' and 'Apocalyptic' Language in Matthew 24; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Matthew 24 in Recent Research; 3.3. The Language of Matthew 24; 3.4. Conclusion; Chapter 4 Daniel and Intertextual Prophetic Texts; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Daniel's Influence on Matthew 24; 4.3. The Abomination of Desolation in Its Danielic Context; 4.4. The Son of Man, the Stone, and the Defeat of the Beasts. 4.5. Relevant Prophetic Texts as Background for the Abomination of Desolation4.6. A Similar Trajectory at Qumran; 4.7. The Influence of Prophetic Material on Daniel; 4.8. Conclusion; Chapter 5 Implications, Summary, and Conclusions; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Rationale for Typological and Metaphorical Association in Matthew; 5.3. Jesus as Prophet in Matthew; 5.4. Gentiles in Matthew and the Abomination of Desolation; 5.5. Concluding Thoughts on the Son of Man in Matthew: A Varied Motif; 5.6. Summary and Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of Biblical and Other Ancient Sources; Index of Authors.

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Bible. -- Matthew, XXIV, 15 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.Bible -- Prophecies -- End of the world.Bible. -- Daniel -- Relation to Matthew.

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