Desiring divinity : self-deification in early Jewish and Christian mythmaking / M. David Litwa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Litwa, M. David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apotheosis.

Judaism--Doctrines.

Judaism.

Deification (Christianity).

God.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Perhaps no declaration incites more outrage than a human's claim to be God. Those who make this claim in ancient Jewish and Christian mythology are typically either demonized or deified. This work examines this topic.

Contents:

Types of self-deification mythology

The self-deifying rebel

I am a god, the primal human as primeval self-deifier

I will be like the most high! the self-deification of Helel

I am God and there is no other! the boast of Yaldabaoth

The self-deifying hero

I and the Father are one, the self-deification of Jesus in John

I and you are one, Simon of Samaria as hero and heretic

I became divine, Allogenes and gnostic self-deification

The many myths of self-deification.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-062743-3

0-19-046718-5

0-19-046717-7