es-ka-tol ́ō̇-ji
By “eschatology,” or doctrine of the last things, is meant the ideas entertained at any period on the future life, the end of the world (resurrection, judgment; in the New Testament, the Parousia), and the eternal destinies of mankind. In this article it is attempted to exhibit the beliefs on these matters contained in the Old Testament, with those in the Jewish apocryphal and apocalyptic writings that fill up the interval between the Old Testament and the New Testament.
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Author: International Std. Bible Encyclopedia
Keywords: Eschatology of the Old Testament, Sheol, Hell, Eschatology, Future things, Future
Source: James Orr (editor), The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 5 volume set.
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