One God, One People : Oneness and Unity in Early Christianity.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barton, Stephen C.

Contributor:

Byers, Andrew J.

Series:

Resources for Biblical Study Series

Resources for Biblical Study Series ; v.104

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

God (Christianity)--Simplicity.

God (Christianity).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (419 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, 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 traditons in antiquity gave considered attention to the attainment of oneness both as an idal and as an embodied practice. In this olume, 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 inot practice. --Back cover.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part 1. Oneness and Unity in the Scriptures of Israel

1. One God, One People

2. Is YHWH the God of the Nations as Well?Jonah's Universal Conception of the Oneness of God

Part 2. Unity and Oneness in the Classical World

3. The Politics of Oneness among the Greeks

4. The Politics of Oneness among the Romans

Part 3. Oneness and Unity in Early Judaism

5. The Qumran yaḥad

6. The Number One

7. Oneness, Unity, and Josephus's Theological Politics

Part 4. Oneness and Unity in the New Testament and Early Christianity

8. Jesus, the Shema, and Oneness in the Synoptic Gospels

9. One Flock, One Shepherd, One God

10. One Lord, One People

11. Paul on Oneness and Unity in 1 Corinthians

12. One Seed and One God

13. Unity in Christ

14. Oneness and the Once for All in the Catholic Epistles and Hebrews

15. Social Surds and the Crisis of Ecclesial Oneness in 1 Clement

16. "I Was Doing My Part, Therefore, as a Man Set on Unity"

Contributors

Ancient Sources Index

Modern Authors Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781628375381

1628375388

OCLC:

1396063228