Lord Jesus Christ : devotion to Jesus in earliest Christianity / Larry W. Hurtado.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hurtado, Larry W., 1943-2019.

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ--Cult--History.

Cults.

History.

Physical Description:

xxii, 746 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., [2003]

Contents:

Christ-Devotion 3

A New religionsgeschichtliche Schule? 11

1. Forces and Factors 27

Jewish Monotheism 29

Was Jewish Religion Really Monotheistic? 32

The Nature of Jewish Monotheism 42

Monotheism in the New Testament 48

The Effects of Monotheism on Christ-Devotion 50

Jesus 53

Religious Experience 64

Revelatory Experiences in the New Testament 70

The Religious Environment 74

2. Early Pauline Christianity 79

Where to Begin? 79

Key Personal Factors 86

Paul's Jewishness 87

Paul the Convert 93

The Gentile Mission 96

Christological Language and Themes 98

Jesus as "Christ" 98

Jesus' Divine Sonship 101

Jesus as Lord 108

Preexistence 118

Jesus' Redemptive Death and Resurrection 126

Jesus as Example 133

Binitarian Worship 134

Early Origins 135

Worship 137

Binitarian 151

3. Judean Jewish Christianity 155

Pauline Evidence 156

Paul's Acquaintance with Judean Christianity 157

A Conspicuous Silence 165

Judean Christian Tradition in Paul's Letters 167

Judean Christ-Devotion in Acts 177

Christological Categories 178

Devotional Practice 194

Hellenists and Hebrews 206

Hellenists as "Proto-Paulinists" 207

Hellenists as Jewish Christians 211

4. Q and Early Devotion to Jesus 217

Untenable Options 219

Kloppenborg's View of Q's Christology 222

Historical Plausibility 226

An Inductive Approach 233

Is Q Peculiar? 235

The Argument from Silence 239

Devotion to Jesus in Q 244

Centrality of Jesus 245

Q's Narrative World and Jesus 246

Jesus the Polarizing Issue 248

Christological Terms 250

Religious Life in Q 254

5. Jesus Books 259

Shared Features of the Canonical Gospels 262

The Literary Genre of the Canonical Gospels 270

The Gospels and Early Christian Literature 271

The Gospels and Jewish Literature 274

The Roman-Era Literary Environment 277

The Synoptic Renditions of Jesus 283

Mark 283

Matthew 316

Luke 340

6. Crises and Christology in Johannine Christianity 349

Jesus in the Gospel of John 353

Some Literary Observations 354

Messiah and Son of God 358

Preexistence 364

"I Am" 370

The Son and the Father 373

Jesus as/and the Glory of God 374

Jesus as/and the Name of God 381

The Name of Jesus 389

Subordination and Distinction 392

Jesus and the Spirit 396

The Spirit and Johannine Christianity 400

Christology and Controversy 402

The Christological Crisis in Johannine Christianity 408

Characterization of the Opponents 408

The Christological Issue 416

Jesus as Heavenly Visitor 419

Jesus as Mystical Exemplar 421

Historical Results 423

Crises and Jesus-Devotion 425

7. Other Early Jesus Books 427

Rumors 428

Secret Mark 433

Fragments 437

The Egerton Manuscript 440

Gospel of Peter 441

Infancy Gospels 447

Protevangelium of James 447

Infancy Gospel of Thomas 449

Gospel of Thomas 452

A Jesus Book 454

Literary Character 455

Secret Knowledge 458

Revisionist 459

Elitist 461

Jesus and "Thomistic" Christianity 463

Summary and Placement 471

Gospel of Thomas and Gospel of John 474

Revelation Dialogues 479

8. The Second Century

Importance and Tributaries 487

Christianity in the Second Century 488

Approach and Focus 492

First-Century Tributaries 496

The Epistle to the Hebrews 497

Later Pauline Texts 504

Confluent Evidence 518

9. Radical Diversity 519

Valentinus and Valentinianism 523

"Valentinianism" in Irenaeus 525

Valentinian Innovations 528

Valentinian Piety 531

Nag Hammadi Texts 533

Gospel of Truth 539

Marcion 549

10. Proto-orthodox Devotion 563

Finding Jesus in the Old Testament 564

The Fourfold Gospel 578

Visions and Revelations 588

Revelation 590

Ascension of Isaiah 595

Shepherd of Hermas 602

Worship and Prayer 605

Outsiders and Critics 606

Hymnody 609

Prayer 613

Martyrdom 619

The Nomina Sacra 625

Doctrinal Developments 627

Jesus' Descent to Hades 628

Jesus, Man and God 635

The Divine Jesus and God 640

Thereafter 649.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 655-702) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

0802860702

OCLC:

51623141