CONTENTS

PREFATORY NOTE

ix

CHAP.

PAGE

I.

THE ANTECEDENTS OF THE GOSPEL TEACHING: INTRODUCTORY

1

II.

THE ANTECEDENTS OF THE GOSPEL TEACHING: THE OLD TESTAMENT

12

III.

THE ANTECEDENTS OF THE GOSPEL TEACHING: SOME FURTHER ELEMENTS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

44

IV.

THE ANTECEDENTS OF THE GOSPEL TEACHING. THE APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE: INTRODUCTORY

65

V.

THE ANTECEDENTS OF THE GOSPEL TEACHING: THE APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE

77

VI.

SOME FURTHER ESCHATOLOGICAL ELEMENTS IN THE APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE

105

VII.

ESCHATOLOGICAL TEACHING IN RABBINICAL LITERATURE

128

VIII.

THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH, THE SON OF MAN

147

IX.

THE GOSPEL TEACHING OF THE SECOND ADVENT

169

X.

THE GOSPEL TEACHING OF THE SECOND ADVENT: CONTRAST WITH ITS ANTECEDENTS

190

XI.

THE CHRISTIAN ADAPTATION OF JEWISH TEACHING

204

INDEX OF SUBJECTS

223