Jesus and Judgment

New Testament scholar Marius Reiser demonstrates that the theme of judgment lies close to the heart of Jesus' teachings. Reiser shows that the certainty of the coming of judgment is the presupposition of the ultimate coming of the reign of God.

Preface to the Fortress Press Edition

viii

(1)

Preface

ix

(1)

Abbreviations

x

The Question in Contemporary Scholarship

1

(13)

Bibliography

14

(5)

PART ONE JUDGMENT IN THE ESCHATOLOGICAL THOUGHT OF SECOND TEMPLE JUDAISM

19

(148)

1. Introduction

19

(7)

2. Judgment in the Hebrew Bible

26

(7)

The "Day of YHWH" in the Prophets

26

(2)

YHWH's Judgment according to Isaiah 65-66

28

(4)

YHWH's Judgment in the Psalms

32

(6)

Judgment in the Book of Daniel

38

(5)

3. Judgment in Other Early Jewish Literature

43

(101)

The Book of Wisdom

43

(4)

The Psalms of Solomon

47

(3)

First Enoch

50

(19)

The Book of Jubilees

69

(6)

Qumran

75

(9)

The Testament of Moses

84

(4)

The Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs

88

(7)

The Sibylline Oracles

95

(12)

The Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum

107

(4)

Fourth Ezra

111

(12)

The Testament of Abraham

123

(6)

The Writings of the Tannaim

129

(15)

4. Summary and Conclusion

144

(23)

PART TWO JUDGMENT IN THE PREACHING OF JOHN THE BAPTIZER

167

(30)

5. The Tradition and Message of John the Baptizer

167

(30)

The Tradition in Q

167

(3)

The Wrath to Come and Judgment with Fire

170

(3)

The Parable of the Axe at the Root of the Trees

173

(3)

The Parable of the Winnowing of the Chaff

176

(5)

The Baptizer's Baptism and the Baptism of the "Stronger One"

181

(5)

The Eschatological People of God

186

(4)

Summary and Conclusion

190

(7)

PART THREE JUDGMENT IN THE PREACHING OF JESUS

197

(128)

6. Introduction

197

(9)

History of Research and Methodology

197

(9)

7. The Judgment of Israel

206

(57)

The Queen of the South and the Ninevites

206

(15)

The Woes over the Galilean Cities

221

(9)

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Reign of God

230

(11)

The Parable of the Futile Invitation to the Feast

241

(4)

The Slain Galileans and Those Struck by the Falling Tower

245

(4)

Excursus: Repentance in the Eschatological Thought of Formative Judaism, the Baptizer, and Jesus

249

(7)

The Harvest and the Laborers

256

(2)

The Twelve as Judges of the Twelve Tribes of Israel

258

(5)

8. The Judgment of Individuals

263

(39)

Prohibition of Judging

263

(10)

Excursus: The So-Called Passivum Divinum or Passivum Theologicum and the Eschatological Passives

266

(7)

The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

273

(8)

The Injunction to "Accommodation" with the Accuser

281

(9)

The Parable of the Clever Manager

290

(12)

9. Summary and Conclusion

302

(23)

Bibliography I (Part One)

325

(24)

Ancient Jewish Sources

325

(5)

a. Collected Works

325

(1)

b. Individual Writings and Groups of Writings

325

(5)

Secondary Literature

330

(19)

Bibliography II (Parts Two and Three)

349

(14)

Index of Ancient References

363

(28)

Index of Modern Authors

391

(2)

Index of Subjects

393

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