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Larry W. Hurtado · 2003
A comprehensive historical analysis of the beliefs and religious practices constituting devotion to Jesus as a divine figure in earliest Christianity, examining the emergence and development of Christ-devotion across the first two centuries of the Christian movement (ca. 30-170 C.E.).
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What this book knows
Devotion to Jesus as a divine figure erupted remarkably early within Jewish monotheism, reshaping worship, identity, and christological thought across the first two centuries.
faith-and-doubt
The emergence of the 'Christ cult,' the treatment of Jesus as a divine figure, especially in liturgical actions and settings, is absolutely crucial for all subsequent developments in Christology.
LJCD-RC-221Philippians 2:6-11 is usually considered the most explicit attestation of Jesus' preexistence, with shorter and more allusive references in several other Pauline statements.
LJCD-RC-270Paul not only presumes acquaintance with the redemptive meaning of Jesus' death and resurrection but attributes this view to previous circles of Christians.
LJCD-RC-278obedience-and-authority
Jesus functions in a divinelike role as the figure who summons Jerusalem to himself and pronounces her fate for rejecting him.
LJCD-RC-079In Mark, Jesus is not only the basis of redemption but also, and much more emphatically, the pattern of discipleship.
LJCD-RC-067self-and-identity
The basic christological views Paul espouses reflect the beliefs he had previously found objectionable and had opposed so vigorously before his conversion.
LJCD-RC-031Illuminates
6 published passages · book excerpt · research analysis
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