The Jewish Roots of Christological Monotheism
Papers from the St Andrews Conference on the Historical Origins of the Worship of Jesus
by Carey C. Newman, James R. Davila, Gladys S. Lewis
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Second Temple Judaism exerted a profound and shaping influence upon early Christianity. The Jewish Roots of Christological Monotheism documents this influence by exploring the ways in which the Christian praxis of Christ-devotion in the first two centuries of the Common Era can be understood as a manifestation of Jewish monotheism.
The volume approaches this phenomenon along four distinctive lines of inquiry: (1) reexamining (and problematizing) the theological force of monotheism during the Second Temple period; (2) retracing the historical steps of Christianity’s adaptation, mutation, and/or redefinition of Jewish monotheism; (3) exploring and debating the influence of non-Jewish traditions on this process; and (4) mapping how Christianity’s unique appropriation of Jewish monotheism helps explain the intriguing relationships among emerging Christian, Jewish, and gnostic communities.
Eighteen chapters, each from an expert in the study of early Judaism and Christianity, comprise the volume. The chapters collectively demonstrate how the creation of new mythic narratives, the revelatory power of mystical experiences, and the sociology of community formation capitalized on Jewish mediator traditions to initiate the praxis of Christ-devotion.
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Author Biography
Carey C. Newman is Director of Baylor University Press and a faculty member of the Graduate School at Baylor University.
James R. Davila (Ph.D., Harvard University) is Professor of Early Jewish Studies at St Mary’s College in the School of Divinity at the University of St Andrews.
Gladys S. Lewis (Ph.D., Oklahoma State University) is retired Professor of English and American Literature at the University of Central Oklahoma.
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- Publisher Baylor University Press
- Publication Date July 2017
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781481307970 / 1481307975
- Publication Country or regionUnited States
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 39.95 USD
- Pages385
- ReadershipProfessional and scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Dimensions9 X 6 inches
- SeriesLibrary of Early Christology
- Reference Code1481307975
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