Geboren 1993; 2024 Promotion; Postdoktorand im SNF-Projekt »Resonanzen im Lauf der Geschichte. Die Konzeption des Göttlichen im Kontext einer biografisch fundierten Betrachtung und Darstellung von Geschichte in der frühen römischen Kaiserzeit« (Universität Bern).

• INTRODUCTION1. THE RATIONALE OF THE STUDY2. STATE OF CURRENT RESEARCH3. METHODOLOGICAL CAVEATS4. RELEVANCE OF THE ANALYSIS5. OUTLINE OF THE STUDYPART 1. THE USE OF THE LEXEME ἜΣΧΑΤΟΣ IN THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD1. TRANSLATION AS CREATION OF MEANINGS? THE USE OF THE LEXEME ἜΣΧΑΤΟΣ IN THE SEPTUAGINT1.1. Between Jewish and Christian Traditions1.2. From the Hebrew Vorlage to the LXX1.3. The Equivalents of the Lexeme Ἔσχατος in the Hebrew Bible1.4. The Use of the Lexeme Ἔσχατος with No Equivalent in the Hebrew Bible1.5. A Diachronic Overview of the Occurrences of the Lexeme Ἔσχατος in the Septuagint1.6. The Septuagint Connection Between the Lexeme Ἔσχατος and the Noun Ἡμέρα1.7. Final Observations2. THE USE OF THE LEXEME ἜΣΧΑΤΟΣ IN THE APOCALYPTIC TRADITIONS2.1. The Book of Enoch or 1 Enoch2.2. The Book of Jubilees2.3. The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs2.4. The Testament of Job2.5. The Sibylline Oracles2.6. Final Observations3. THE USE OF THE LEXEME ἜΣΧΑΤΟΣ IN THE HELLENISTIC PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITIONS3.1. Between 'Teleology' and 'Eschatology': The Stoics3.2. The Peculiar Meanings of the Lexeme Ἔσχατος in the Stoic Tradition3.3. Final ObservationsPART 2. THE USE OF THE LEXEME ἜΣΧΑΤΟΣ IN THE EARLY ROMAN IMPERIAL PERIOD4. NO TIME FOR ESCHATOLOGY: THE USE OF ἜΣΧΑΤΟΣ IN PHILO AND JOSEPHUS4.1. Philo of Alexandria4.2. Josephus4.3. Final Observations5. THE USE OF ἜΣΧΑΤΟΣ IN THE NEW TESTAMENT5.1. Forging Eschatological Language: The Lexeme Ἔσχατος in Paul's Letters5.2. The Lexeme Ἔσχατος in Connection with Temporal Terms Within the New Testament5.3. The Space of Eschatology6. THE USE OF THE LEXEME ἜΣΧΑΤΟΣ IN EARLY CHRISTIAN TEXTS PRIOR TO THE APOLOGISTS6.1. Didache (or The Doctrine of the Twelve Apostles)6.2. The Ascension of Isaiah6.3. The Epistle of Barnabas6.4. The First and Second Letter of Clement6.5. The Epistles of Ignatius of Antioch6.6. The Shepherd of Hermas6.7. Final Observations7. THE USE OF ἜΣΧΑΤΟΣ IN THE PAGAN-RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS (1ST CENT. CE)7.1. Dio Chrysostom7.2. Plutarch7.3. The Roman Stoics7.4. Final ObservationsCONCLUDING REMARKS