Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. Old Testament Eschatology: 1. Primitive beliefs; 2. Early Hebrew eschatology; 3. The doctrine of the prophets: the future of the individual; 4. The doctrine of the prophets (continued): the future of the world; 5. The eschatology of the post-exilic Jews; Part II. The Apocalyptic Literature of Later Judaism: 6. The characteristics of the apocalyptic literature; 7. The apocalypses of the Maccabees; 8. The apocalypses of the Pharisees; 9. The apocalypses of the fall of Jerusalem; 10. The eschatology of the Jews of the 'the dispersion'; Part III. Christ's Eschatology: 11. Introductory; 12. The people to whom Christ preached; 13. Our Lord's preparation for his ministry; 14. The preaching of 'The Kingdom of God'; 15. The messianic consciousness of our Lord; 16. The great refusal; 17. The eschatological discourse, etc.; 18. The events of Passion Week and the post-Resurrection teaching; 19. The eschatology of our Lord in the Fourth Gospel; 20. Christ's eschatology - general conclusions; Part IV. The Eschatology of the Apostles: 21. The most primitive Christian eschatology (the Acts of the Apostles); 22. The eschatology of the non-Pauline epistles; 23. The eschatology of St Paul; 24. The apocalypse of St John; Part V. Eschatology in the Sub-Apocalyptic Church: 25. The decline of primitive Judaeo-Christian eschatology; 26. The apocalyptic literature of early Christianity; 27. The influence of Greek thought upon primitive Christian eschatology; 28. The characteristics of sub-apostolistic eschatology; Part VI. The Evidential Value of Primitive Christian Eschatology; 29. General conclusions; Appendices on the Eschatology of the religions of Babylonia, Egypt, and Persia; Index.