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Early church understandings of Jesus as the female divine : the scandal of the scandal of particularity / Sally Douglas.

Van Pelt Library BT198 .D66 2016
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Douglas, Sally (Minister), author.
Series:
Library of New Testament studies ; 557.
T & T Clark library of biblical studies
Library of New Testament studies
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Jesus Christ--History of doctrines.
Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ--Person and offices.
Femininity of God.
Wisdom (Biblical personification).
Christology.
Theology, Doctrinal.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
229 pages ; 25 cm.
Place of Publication:
London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury T&T Clark, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.
Summary:
The Library of New Testament Studies (LNTS) is a premier book series that offers cutting-edge work for a readership of scholars, teachers in the field of New Testament studies, postgraduate students and advanced under-graduates. All the many and diverse aspects of New Testament study are represented and promoted, including innovative work from historical perspectives, studies using social-scientific and literary theory, and developing theological, cultural and contextual approaches. Early Church Understandings of Jesus as the Female Divine Central to debates about Jesus is the issue of whether he uniquely embodies the divine. While this discussion continues unabated, both those who affirm, and those who dismiss, Jesus' divinity regularly eclipse the reality that in many of the earliest strands of the Christian tradition when Jesus' divinity is proclaimed, Jesus is imaged as the female divine. Sally Douglas investigates these early texts and reveals the motivations for imaging Jesus as Woman Wisdom and the complex reasons that this began to be suppressed in the second and third centuries. The work concludes with an examination of the powerful implications of re-engaging with the ancient proclamation of Jesus-Woman Wisdom in contemporary context. Book jacket.
Contents:
The scandal of the scandal of particularity
Is he she?
Why is it so?
Where shall wisdom be found?
Re-recognising Jesus-woman wisdom
Scandalous invitations.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780567667144
0567667146
OCLC:
922639644

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