Apocalypse According to the First Messianic Jews: How Jewish Apocalyptic Literature Informs Biblical Eschatology, The

Rabbi Eric Lakatos, Instructor This class will examine evidence from Jewish pre-Christian Apocalyptic literature, (i.e., Enochic books, 1 & 2 Baruch) Jewish Apocrypha as well as Pseudepigrapha, and Jewish Gnostic literature, to argue for an eschatological tradition inherited by the first century Messianic Jews. Early apostolic eschatological writings by Jewish patristics such as Hegesippus, Epiphanius and others, in addition to key Scripture passages, will be included. The study will identify the Desposynoi, the early Messianic Jewish Heterodox, as well as Messianic Jewish Orthodoxy (i.e., the first successors to James and the Jewish Apostolic leadership in Jerusalem, examining their eschatology) and analysis of contributing eschatological factors and early conversational partners such as Pharisaic/rabbinic Judaism and Gentile Christianity. The study finally will analyze the modern major voices Messianic Jewish precedent research, along with key figures of rabbinic Jewish voices in