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The Kingdom of God in the History of Christianity: A Bibliographical Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

John E. Groh
John E. Groh
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Mr. Groh is assistant professor of history inConcordia Teachers CollegeRiver Forest, Illinois.
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In A Handbook of Christian Theology Jerald C. Brauer notes that “the kingdom of God is one of the most fruitful yet controversial concepts in Christian theology. It has been employed to uphold the status quo, and it has been a revolutionary ideal used to break social forms and customs.”1 This bibliographical survey will list articles and books that deal with the kingdom of God and closely related subjects in the history of Christianity, concentrating on the West.2

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Research Article
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Church History , Volume 43 , Issue 2 , June 1974 , pp. 257 - 267
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of Church History 1974

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References

1. Brauer, Jerald C., “The Kingdom of God,”in A Handbook of Christian Theology, ed. Marvin, Halverson (New York, 1958), p. 197.Google Scholar

2. The use of the phrase in biblical literature has been studied in great detail. On this subject, see especially Evans, O. E., “Kingdom of God, of Heaven,” Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible, 1962, 3: 17–26,Google Scholar with a helpful bibliography; Galling, Kurt and Conzelmann, Hans, “Reich Gottes, I. Im Judentum und NT,” Die Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart, 3d ed., 5: 912–918,Google Scholar with helpful bibliographies; Brigbt, John, The Kingdom of God: the Biblical Concept and its Meaning for the Church (New York, 1953)Google Scholar; Perrin, Norman, The Kingdom of God in the Teaching of Jesus, New Testament Library (Philadelphia, 1963)Google Scholar; Hiers, Richard H., The Kingdom of God in the Synoptic Tradition (Gainesville, Fla., 1970)Google Scholar; Klein, Günter, “‘Reich, Gottes,’ als bibliseher Zentralbegriff,” Gottesreich und Menschenreich, lhr Bpannungsverhdltnis in Geschichte und Gegenwart, ed. Anselm, Hertz et al. (Regensberg, 1971), pp. 7–50Google Scholar; and Künzi, Martin, Das Naherwartungslogion Mt. 10, 23; Geschichte seiner Auslegung, Beiträge zur Gesebichte der bibliachen Exegese, vol 9 (Tübingen, 1970).Google Scholar Although apocalyptic views prevailed in the Qumran community, the formula “kingdom of God” apparently does not appear in the scrolls discovered to date. See Smyth, K., “The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christianity: Ten Years After,” Studies 50 (1961): 28:38;Google Scholar and Starcky, J., “Les quatre étapes du messianisme à Qumran,” Revue Biblique 70 (1963): 481–505.Google Scholar