One God, one people : oneness and unity in early Christianity / edited by Stephen C. Barton and Andrew J. Byers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barton, Stephen C., editor.

Byers, Andrew J., 1974- editor.

Series:

Resources for biblical study ; no. 104.

Resources for Biblical Study Series ; Number 104

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

God (Christianity)--Simplicity.

God (Christianity).

Physical Description:

xviii, 399 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, Georgia : SBL Press, [2023].

Summary:

From ancient times to the present day, utopian social ideas have made the unity of humankind a central concern. In the face of the threats to civic peace and harmony caused by misrule, factions, inequality, and moral weakness, philosophical and religious traditions in antiquity gave considered attention to the attainment of oneness both as an ideal and as an embodied practice. In this volume, scholars of ancient history, early Judaism, and biblical studies come together to show that ideas of unity and practices of oneness were grounded in larger conceptions of worldview, cosmic order, and power, with theological ideas such as the oneness of God laying an important foundation. In particular, contributors focus on how early Christians, with their inherited Jewish, Greek, and Roman traditions, reinterpreted oneness in light of their new identity as "members of Christ" and how they put it into practice. --Back cover.

Contents:

Introduction: Oneness and unity in worlds contemporary and ancient / Andrew J. Byers

Part 1. Oneness and Unity in the Scriptures of Israel. One God, one people: Reflections on a reconciled and reconciling Pentateuch / Walter J. Houston

Is YHWH the God of the nations as well? Jonah's universal conception of the oneness of God / Anna Sieges-Beal

Part 2. Oneness and Unity in the Classical World. The politics of oneness among the Greeks / Lynette Mitchell

The politics of oneness among the Romans / James R. Harrison

Part 3. Oneness and Unity in Early Judaism. The Qumran yaḥad: Aspects of oneness, unity, and separation in the Dead Sea scrolls / Carsten Claussen

The number one: Oneness, unity, and the one God in Philo of Alexandria / Jutta Leonhardt-Balzer

Oneness, unity, and Josephus's theological politics / Kylie Crabbe

Part 4. Oneness and Unity in the New Testament and Early Christianity. Jesus, the shema, and oneness in the Synoptic Gospels: The formation of early Christian identity / Elizabeth E. Shively and Max Botner

One flock, one shepherd, one God: The oneness motif of John's Gospel / Andrew J. Byers

One Lord, one people: Kingship and oneness in Acts / Alan J. Thompson

Paul on oneness and unity in 1 Corinthians / Stephen C. Barton

One seed and one God: Divine oneness and ecclesial unity in Galatians and Romans / Robbie Griggs

Unity in Christ: Virtue and the reign of the good king in Ephesians and Colossians / Julien C. H. Smith

Oneness and the once for all in the Catholic Epistles and Hebrews / Nicholas J. Moore

Social surds and the crisis of ecclesial oneness in 1 Clement / T. J. Lang

"I was doing my part, therefore, as a man set on unity": Ignatius of Antioch and unity and concord in the church / John-Paul Lotz.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references and indexes.

ISBN:

162837537X

9781628375374

1628375361

9781628375367

OCLC:

1377704353