Puritans, the Millennium and the Future of Israel: Puritan Eschatology 1600 to 1660 (Library of Ecclesiastical History)

An important study of the origins of post- and pre-millennialism in English theology. It reveals that many Puritans expected the imminent collapse of the Papacy, the restoration of the Jews, and the dawn of a period of glory for the Church. An important study of the origins of post- and pre-millennialism in English theology. It reveals that many Puritans expected the imminent collapse of the Papacy, the restoration of the Jews, and the dawn of a period of glory for the Church.

Table of Contents

Preface I. Introduction / Peter Toon II. The Latter-Day Glory / Peter Toon III. The Rebirth of Millenarianism / R.G. Clouse IV. Extreme Millenarianism / B.S. Capp V. Early Quaker Eschatology / T.L. Underwood VI. Contemporary Criticism of Millenarianism / A.R. Dallison VII. The Question of Jewish Immigration / Peter Toon VIII. Conclusion / Peter Toon Appendix I. An outline of the Book of Revelation / Peter Toon Appendix II. The authorship of 'A Glimpse of Syon's Glory' / A.R. Dallison Appendix III. The eschatological expectation of seventeenth-century Dutch Protestantism with regard to the Jewish people / J. Van Den Berg