Messianic High Christology : New Testament Variants of Second Temple Judaism /
"Demonstrates the extent to which the various high Christologies found in the New Testament should be read as an integral part of the diverse Jewish messianic discourse"--
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Waco, Texas :
Baylor University Press,
[2021]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- The Diversity of Messianic Expectations and Superhuman Messianism
- The Prevalence and Relevance of Messianism: Some Methodological Remarks
- What Makes a Divine Being God? Some Terminological Clarifications
- Selection of Sources
- 1 The Exaltation of Christ: Philippians 2:6-11 and Messianic Exaltation Texts
- Phil 2:6-11 and the Exaltation of Christ
- Blurring of the Lines in the Self-Glorification Hymn (4Q491c and Related Texts)
- Synthesis: Phil 2:6-11 and the Messianic Discourse of the Self-Glorification Hymn
- The Human-Angelic Melchizedek in the Midrash on Melchizedek (11Q13)
- Synthesis: Phil 2:6-11 and the Messianic Discourse in the Midrash on Melchizedek
- Conclusion
- 2 The Heavenly Christ: Mark 14:61-65 and Celestial Messianic Figures
- Christ as a Heavenly Being in Mark 14:61-65
- The Epiphany of the Messiah in 4 Ezra
- Synthesis: Mark 14:61f. and the Messianic Discourse of 4 Ezra
- The Heavenly Messiah in the Reception History of Ps 110
- Synthesis: "Sitting at the Right Hand of God" in Mark 14 and the Messianic Interpretation of Ps 110
- Conclusion
- 3 The Virginal Conception of Christ: Luke 1:26- 38, Divine Sonship, and Miraculous Births
- The Announcement of Christ's Virginal Conception in Luke 1:26-38
- The Messiah's Divine Birth
- Synthesis: Christ's Virginal Conception and the Messianic Interpretation of Isa 7:14-16
- Divine Sonship in 4QSon of God (4Q246) and Early Jewish Messianism
- Synthesis: Jesus' Divine Sonship in Luke 1:26-38 and 4Q246
- Conclusion
- 4 Christ the Enthroned Lamb: Revelation 4-5 and the Son of Man Seated on the Throne of Glory
- God and the Lamb Sharing the Divine Throne in Rev 4-5
- The Elect Son of Man Sitting on the Throne of Glory in the Parables of Enoch
- Synthesis and Conclusion: The Enthroned Lamb in Rev 4-5 and 1 Enoch's Elect Son of Man
- 5 Christ the Divine Word: John's Prologue and the Destructive Power of Messiah's Utterance
- Christ as the Preexistent Divine Word in the Prologue of the Gospel of John
- Roots of the Johannine Logos Christology within Early Jewish Messiah Language
- Conclusion
- 6 Paths Not Taken: Angelic Messianism and Angelomorphic Christology
- Angelic Messianism
- Angelomorphic Christology
- 7 High Christology: A Contested Variant of Second Temple Messianism
- The Emergence of High Christology
- The Development of High Christology
- Climbing the Divine Pyramid
- The Divinity of Christ and the Historical Jesus
- The Contested Character of Early Christology
- The Distinctiveness of Early Christology
- The Parting of the Discourses
- Conclusion.