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The aim of this book is to establish and explore New Testament belief in the end of the world through an investigation of texts which—on the face of it—contain ‘end of the world’ language. It engages with recent discussion on how Jewish and early Christian ‘end of the world’ was meant to be understood, and interacts especially with N.T. Wright’s proposals. The first part of the book is given over...

Dale Allison, who argues for a more literal reading of Mk 13:24–25 and points to 2 Pet. 3:10–13, which, in his view, quite clearly envisions an eschatological scenario involving the catastrophic destruction of the cosmos.50 In bringing the issue of whether Jesus and the early Christians looked for the (catastrophic) end of the cosmos to the forefront of scholarly attention, Wright has performed a valuable service. As stated in my opening comments, the question has
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