By Petr Pokorný
The monograph discusses the quick formulae of the 'gospel' (euangelion) because the first mirrored expressions of Christian religion. They tailored the apocalyptic expectancies to specific the Easter event and formed the earliest literary Gospel (Mark). This e-book analyzes Gospels as texts that (re-)introduced Jesus traditions into the Christian liturgy and literature. The final chapters are dedicated to the origins of the assumption of Christian canon
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However, according to him the appearances confirm what Jesus foretold about his death and resurrection. The source of the Easter experience (appearances) is in his view Jesus of Nazareth. The earliest traditions, however, say that resurrection refers 36 2. The Pre-Pauline Easter Gospel since it was Jesus who played the decisive role, the apocalyptic imagery had to be transformed: attention was concentrated primarily on Jesus as an event of the past, the images of the fulfilment of history were adapted in keeping with the character of the experience with him, and they became as a matter of principle open towards new interpretations, such as we may see in the reflective interpretation of eschatology mentioned earlier, in Paul (the main texts are 1 Thess 4:13 – 18; 1 Cor 15:12 – 58), in the Revelation of John 20 – 22, or in the Gospel according to John (e.
The future resurrection of humans is only occasionally depicted from the point of view of individuals (as in the story in 2 Macc, mentioned in the previous paragraph). Attention is focused rather on the outcome – the two groups of people after the Last Judgment: the accepted and the rejected. But it is not intended as information about these two groups of people. It serves as an exhortation for the readers/hearers to do everything possible in order that they may be among the elect, among those “on the right side” (cf.
In our reflection on the biblical apocalypse as used in the post-Easter era by the adherents of Jesus, we have to realise that in human history it was and is common to use human lives as material to achieve success in the “great story” (the historical import). This brutal manipulation with human masses in wars and revolutionary transformations of society causes people to want to escape from evil. Marxist philosophy considered this escapist view as typical for religion in general. In the Hebrew and Early Jewish view the apocalyptic concept attempts a solution.