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Ernst Teichmann (1869-1919), Die Paulinischen Vorstellungen von Auferstehung und Gericht und ihre Beziehung zur jüdischen Apokalyptik (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1896).

Abstract

"The Pauline notions of resurrection and judgment and its relation to the Jewish Apocalypse."

"Ernst Teichmann’s Die paulinischen Vorstellungen von Auferstehung und Gericht is a seminal contribution to 19th‑century Pauline studies, examining the apostle’s doctrines of resurrection and judgment within the framework of Jewish apocalyptic thought. Rejecting both purely Hellenistic explanations and narrowly ecclesiastical interpretations, Teichmann situates Paul’s eschatology firmly in the context of Second Temple apocalyptic literature, especially traditions found in 1 Enoch, 4 Ezra, and 2 Baruch ... Teichmann argues that Paul inherits from Jewish apocalypticism a robust expectation of bodily resurrection and a final, universal judgment in which the destiny of humanity is determined. He emphasizes the continuity of Paul’s teaching with Jewish traditions, noting the common dualistic worldview, the angelological and cosmic dimensions of judgment, and the hope of vindication for the righteous. At the same time, Teichmann underscores the decisive novelty of Paul’s proclamation: the resurrection of Christ as the central and determinative eschatological event, which guarantees and anticipates the general resurrection of believers ... By comparing Pauline texts (especially 1 Corinthians 15, Romans 2, 8, and 14, and 1 Thessalonians 4–5) with Jewish apocalyptic writings, Teichmann demonstrates that Paul’s thought cannot be reduced to moral or spiritual resurrection but belongs within the concrete, cosmic, and eschatological expectations of his time... Teichmann’s study stands as an early and rigorous attempt to read Paul in continuity with Jewish apocalypticism, paving the way for later scholars such as Albert Schweitzer, Ernst Käsemann, and J. Christiaan Beker. His careful attention to the Jewish background of Paul’s eschatological teaching helped establish the methodological principle that Pauline theology of resurrection and judgment must be interpreted in dialogue with the apocalyptic literature of Second Temple Judaism."--ChatGPT