Iesus Deus: The Early Christian Depiction of Jesus as a Mediterranean GodAugsburg Fortress Publishers, 2014 - 281 pagine What does it mean for Jesus to be deified in early Christian literature? Early Christians did not simply assert Jesus divinity; in their literature, they depicted Jesus with the specific and widely recognized traits of Mediterranean deities.Relying on the methods of the history of religions and ranging judiciously across Hellenistic literature, M. David Litwa shows that at each stage in their depiction of Jesus life and ministry, early Christian writings from the beginning relied on categories drawn not from Judaism alone, but on a wide, pan-Mediterranean understanding of deity. |
Sommario
Introduction | 1 |
Not through Semen Surely | 37 |
From Where Was this Child Born? | 69 |
Deus est iuvare | 87 |
Light Was That Godhead | 111 |
We Worship One who Rose from His Tomb | 141 |
The Name Above Every Name | 181 |
Conclusion | 215 |
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Iesus Deus: The Early Christian Depiction of Jesus as a Mediterranean God M. David Litwa Anteprima limitata - 2014 |
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