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In Johannine studies it is often assumed that apocalyptic eschatology offended the Gnostic and that vertical eschatology was uncharacteristic of the Apocalypticist. The thesis demonstrates that this assumption is unwarranted. First, the assumption is identified and described as it functions in Johannine studies. Second, the assumption is compared to the trend in current apocalyptic studies. Third, the assumption is compared to evidence from recently discovered gnostic tractates. The thesis concludes that this assumption, widely present in scholarship devoted to the Fourth Gospel, is unwarranted in light of contemporary apocalyptic studies, and in light of new evidence from gnostic documents. Consequently, a new understanding of eschatology in Gnosticism, parallel to the new trend in Apocalypticism, is needed. Further, the assumption can no longer function as it has in Johannine scholarship.

Thesis (M.A.)--Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 1997. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-105).

Thesis (Habilitations)--Leipzig. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis--Lund. / Includes index. Bibliography: [ix]-xix.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Queensland, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.C.S.)--Regent College, Vancouver, BC, 2002. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 195-200).

Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 83-89).

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury, 1998. / Thesis submitted for the degree of doctor of philosophy. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 215-220).