Foreign Literature Studies ›› 2020, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (1): 87-98.

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The Influence of the Eschatology in Apocrypha on the New Testament

Yang Jian   

  • Online:2020-02-25 Published:2021-02-26
  • About author:Yang Jian is a professor at the School of Chinese Language and Literature, Central China Normal University (Wuhan 430079, China) and a research fellow at Hubei Literary Theory and Criticism Research Center (Wuhan 430079, China). Her research mainly covers the ٢٠<sup>th</sup> century Western literature, Eastern literature, and Eastern aesthetics. Email: yangjian64@163.com

Abstract: The eschatology is mainly recorded in 2 Ezras from Apocrypha which is an apocalyptic literary classic in the period between the Old and New Testament, and it is also scattered in Additions to Esther, Wisdom of Solomon, Baruch, and Bel and the Dragon. By comparing the Jewish apocalyptic literary works during the Hellenistic period, we can discover that the images of Judgement Day inApocrypha, such as “the dragon” in Additions to Esther and Bel and the Dragon, “the fall of Babylon” in Baruch, the “torture pit”, “the stake prison”, “the seal” and “the scroll” in ? Ezras, the “military uniform of God” in Baruch, Wisdom of Solomon, and 2 Ezras, have direct influence on the New Testament, especially Revelation and Pauline Epistles. The concepts of judgement of the dead, two generations, and heaven and hell in ? Ezras have a direct influence on the concept of the Final Judgement in the New Testament. Besides, “My son Messiah”, “man out of the sea”, and the death of God's son in 2 Ezras have a direct influence on the image of Messiah in the New Testament.

Key words: Apocrypha, the New Testament, eschatology, influence study

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