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Israel's God and Rebecca's children : christology and community in early Judaism and Christianity : essays in honor of Larry W. Hurtado and Alan F. Segal / edited by David B. Capes [... et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
- Church history.
- Christianity--Origin.
- Christianity.
- Communities--Religious aspects.
- Communities.
- Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
- Judaism.
- Jesus Christ--Person and offices.
- Jesus Christ.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (501 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Israel's God and Rebecca's Children is a collection of essays written as a tribute to the lasting scholarship and friendship of Larry Hurtado (University of Edinburgh) and Alan Segal (Barnard College), two scholars who have contributed significantly to the contemporary understanding of Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism and early Christianity. Their colleagues and friends examine a wide range of topics that have been the focus of Hurtado and Segal's research, including Christology, community, Jewish-Christian relations, soteriology and the development of early Christianity. Together these essa
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; Larry W. Hurtado; Alan F. Segal; Part I: Reconceptualizing Christology and Community; Ch. 1: How We Talk about Christology Matters; Ch. 2: Mandatory Retirement; Ch. 3: The ""Most High"" God and the Nature of Early Jewish Monotheism; Ch. 4: ""How on Earth Did Jesus Become a God?""; Ch. 5: Resurrection and Christology; Ch. 6: Are Early New Testament Manuscripts Truly Abundant?; Part II: Studies in Christology; Ch. 7: Prophetic Identity and Conflict in the Historic Ministry of Jesus; Ch. 8: Pauline Exegesis and the Incarnate Christ
- Ch. 9: Christophany as a Sign of ""the End""Ch. 10: When Did the Understanding of Jesus' Death as an Atoning Sacrifice First Emerge?; Ch. 11: Discarding the Seamless Robe; Ch. 12: Remembering and Revelation; Ch. 13: Jesus; Ch. 14: The Lamb (Not the Man) on the Divine Throne; Part III: Studies in Community; Ch. 15: The Promise of the Spirit of Life in the Book of Ezekiel; Ch. 16: Sadducees, Zakokites, and the Wisdom of Ben Sira; Ch. 17: On the Changing Significance of the Sacred; Ch. 18: Vespasian, Nerva, Jesus, and the Fiscus Judaicus
- Ch. 19: Paul's Religious Experience in the Eyes of Jewish ScholarsCh. 20: Liturgy and Communal Identity; Ch. 21: Anger, Reconciliation, and Friendship in Matthew 5:21-26; Notes; List of Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9786611162085
- 9781281162083
- 1281162086
- 9781602581753
- 1602581754
- 9781435632295
- 143563229X
- OCLC:
- 476133625
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