Christ's enthronement at god's right hand and its Greco-Roman cultural context / D. Clint Burnett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burnett, D. Clint, author.

Series:

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 242

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Person and offices.

Jesus Christ.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVIII, 226 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : De Gruyter, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Given the dearth of non-messianic interpretations of Psalm 110:1 in non-Christian Second Temple Jewish texts, why did it become such a widely used messianic prooftext in the New Testament and early Christianity? Previous attempts to answer this question have focused on why the earliest Christians first began to use Ps 110:1. The result is that these proposals do not provide an adequate explanation for why first century Christians living in the Greek East employed the verse and also applied it to Jesus’s exaltation. I contend that two Greco-Roman politico-religious practices, royal and imperial temple and throne sharing—which were cross-cultural rewards that Greco-Roman communities bestowed on beneficent, pious, and divinely approved rulers—contributed to the widespread use of Ps 110:1 in earliest Christianity. This means that the earliest Christians interpreted Jesus’s heavenly session as messianic and thus political, as well as religious, in nature.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Tables

List of Figures

Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1 “Sit at My Right Hand” Psalm 110:1 in the Second Temple Period and Earliest Christianity

Chapter 2 “That They Might Share the Temple or Throne” Temple Sharing and Throne Sharing in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods

Chapter 3 “Beside the Gods in Their Temples” Royal and Imperial Temple Sharing

Chapter 4 “Beside the Gods on their Thrones” Royal and Imperial Throne Sharing

Chapter 5 “God Highly Exalted Him” Phil 2:9–11, Ps 110:1, and Jesus’s Share in God’s Temple and Throne

Chapter 6 “Where the Messiah Is” Col 3:1–4, Ps 110:1, and Jesus’s Share in God’s Temple and Throne

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index of Ancient Sources

Index of Modern Authors

Index of Subjects

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110691795

3110691795

OCLC:

1232277822