The Justice of the Cosmos: Philosophical Cosmology and Apocalyptic Eschatology in the Wisdom of Solomon

This article argues that the Wisdom of Solomon complicates Martinus C. de Boer's typology of two ‘tracks’ of Jewish apocalyptic eschatology (‘forensic apocalyptic eschatology’ and ‘cosmological apocalyptic eschatology’). Wisdom, which entails both ‘forensic’ depictions of an eschatological cour...

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主要作者: Atkins, Christopher S. (Author)
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语言:English
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出版: Cambridge Univ. Press 2021
In: New Testament studies
Year: 2021, 卷: 67, 发布: 4, Pages: 598-612
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bibel. 智慧 / 宇宙论 / 终末论 / 普纽马 / 斯多葛主义 / 希腊化时代 / 哲学
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
NBQ Eschatology
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Hellenistic Philosophy
B Wisdom of Solomon
B Cosmology
B 普纽马
B Eschatology
B Stoicism
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总结:This article argues that the Wisdom of Solomon complicates Martinus C. de Boer's typology of two ‘tracks’ of Jewish apocalyptic eschatology (‘forensic apocalyptic eschatology’ and ‘cosmological apocalyptic eschatology’). Wisdom, which entails both ‘forensic’ depictions of an eschatological courtroom (5.1-14) and ‘cosmological’ depictions of cosmic war (5.15-23), offers a cosmology fundamentally incompatible with the cosmology presumed in de Boer's ‘cosmological apocalyptic eschatology’. Instead of envisioning eschatological justice as the result of a divine invasion, Wisdom envisions it as the result of divine pervasion. That is, cosmological eschatology in Wisdom entails a fully functioning, divinely pervaded cosmos operating as it was intended to operate. Wisdom innovates within Jewish apocalyptic tradition by employing the mythological idiom of apocalypticism to defend the philosophical claim that the cosmos is just and facilitates life for those who are likewise just.
ISSN:1469-8145
Contains:Enthalten in: New Testament studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0028688521000114