The Restoration of Israel: Israel's Re-gathering and the Fate of the Nations in Early Jewish Literature and Luke-Acts

Michael E. Fuller

Published by De Gruyter 2006

The Restoration of Israel

Israel's Re-gathering and the Fate of the Nations in Early Jewish Literature and Luke-Acts

Michael E. Fuller

Volume 138 in the series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110926217

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About this book

This study identifies and explores texts of restoration in a wide selection of Early Jewish Literature in order to assess the variety of ways in which Jews envisioned Israel’s future restoration. Particular attention is given to the expression of restoration in what is identified in the present study as the exilic model of restoration. In this model, Israel’s restoration is characterized by the features of (a) a future re-gathering, (b) the fate of the nations, and (c) the establishment of a new Temple. The present work focuses primarily on the first two features. Through this framework Jews in the Greco-Roman period could draw on Israel’s history and legacy, but re-appropriate ‘exile and return’ in new and creative ways. Finally, the writing of Luke-Acts is investigated for its ideas of restoration and its indebtedness to Early Jewish traditions.

Author / Editor information

Michael E. Fuller, Lee University, Cleveland, Tennessee, USA.

Reviews

"[...] this important study deserves a place in discussions concerning the theme(s) of exile and restoration in the NT, and will also be informative for those interested in the theology of Luke-Acts."
Brandon D. Crowe in: Expository Times 3/2008

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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars, Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 11
- Main content: 332
Keywords: Acts of the apostles; eschatology; exile; early Judaism; Israel/religion; gospel of Luke

eBook

Published: February 14, 2012
ISBN: 9783110926217

Hardcover

Published: October 25, 2006
ISBN: 9783110188967