Das letzte Gericht
Studien zur Endgerichtserwartung von den Schriftpropheten bis Jesus
by Christian Stettler
English summary: Christian Stettler shows how the expectation of the last judgment developed from the classical prophets to Jesus. Deeply rooted in ancient royal ideology and world-order tradition, the various expectations of a last judgment are ultimately unified by the hope that YHWH would establish his kingdom by means of a universal judgment. While early Jewish movements and texts agree that only those who are ‘just’ according to the Torah will be part of this kingdom, the question of who the ‘just’ are and how a person becomes ‘just’ is answered in different ways. From here E. P. Sanders’ influential ‘covenantal nomism’ theory is critically analyzed. – John the Baptist and Jesus are part of the apocalyptic movement. A new element in Jesus’ teaching is that he expects himself and his death to play a decisive part in the last judgment. German description: Christian Stettler zeichnet die Entfaltung der Endgerichtserwartung von den Schriftpropheten bis zu Jesus nach. Dabei wird deutlich, dass die Gerichtserwartung im Weltordnungsdenken und in der Konigsideologie wurzelt und dass der Fulle von Gerichtsmotiven seit der Exilszeit ein gemeinsames Thema zugrunde liegt: die Erwartung, dass JHWH durch das Endgericht seine Konigsherrschaft universal aufrichten wird und dass nur die an der Gottesherrschaft teilhaben werden, die gemass der Tora gerecht sind. Die Frage, wer die gemass der Tora Gerechten sind bzw. wie man diese Gerechtigkeit erlangt, wird in den verschiedenen fruhjudischen Stromungen und Texten unterschiedlich beantwortet. Hierdurch ergibt sich eine differenzierte Kritik an E. P. Sanders’ einflussreicher Bundesnomismus-These. – Johannes der Taufer und Jesus stehen in der apokalyptischen Tradition. Neu ist bei Jesus, dass er seine eigene Person und sein eigenes Todesgeschick in enge Verbindung mit der Gerichtserwartung bringt.
Christian Stettler, Geboren 1966; Studium der evangelischen Theologie in Zurich, Tubingen und Erlangen, Vikariat in Bischofszell (Schweiz); 1993 Promotionsstipendiat des Schweizerischen Nationalfonds; 1994-2000 Assistent in Tubingen; 2000 Promotion; 2000-03 Habilitationsstipendiat des Schweizerischen Nationalfonds in Heidelberg und Cambridge (England); 2004-06 Oberassistent fur Neues Testament in Zurich; seit 2007 Pfarrer in Gachlingen bei Schaffhausen (Schweiz).
- By (author) Christian Stettler
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