Preface Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Problem 2. Early Christology and Chronology 3. Excursus 4. Complexity in Ancient Judaism 5. The Historical Approach 6. Excursus 7. One God and Devotion to Jesus Ch. 1: Divine Agency in Ancient Jewish Monotheism 1. Divine Agency Speculation 2. The Shape of Postexilic Jewish Religious Devotion 3. Angelology and Monotheism 4. Monotheism and Other Divine Agents 5. Summary Ch. 2: Personified Divine Attributes as Divine Agents 1. Personified Divine Attributes 2. The Language of Divine Agency Ch. 3: Exalted Patriarchs as Divine Agents 1. Enoch Speculations 2. Exalted Moses Traditions 3. Other Exalted Patriarchs 4. Exalted Patriarchs and Jewish Religious Devotion Ch. 4: Principal Angels 1. Angelology and Christology in Previous Studies 2. Principal Angels in Ancient Judaism 3. Chief Angels and God 4. Summary Ch. 5: The Early Christian Mutation 1. Jesus as God's Chief Agent 2. The Christian Mutation 3. Causes of the Christian Mutation 4. Summary Conclusions Notes Index of Ancient Sources Index of Authors
This classic and ground-breaking work in Christology is revitalised with a new extended introduction which takes into account the most recent developments in scholarship, and reflects on the impact had by Hurtado's work since this book was first published.
Larry W. Hurtado is Professor Emeritus of New Testament Language and Literature at the University of Edinburgh, UK.
Professor Hurtado traces the rise of ideas of Christ's divinity to
Jewish sources. He shows that Christians naturally relied on Jewish
concepts of a principal angelic helper to God to understand the
meaning of Jesus' mission ... Christians worshipped their mediator
figure, thus ensuring an eventual break with Judaism ... one of the
most interesting Christologies of the decade.
*Alan F. Segal, Columbia University, USA*
This book has had a huge and salutary influence in the study of
early Christology. It remains essential reading for anyone
interested in that subject. The new edition is very welcome
indeed.
*Richard Bauckham, University of Cambridge, UK*
Since its initial publication in 1988, this book has become
somewhat of a classic for anyone interested in Christian origins.
Now supplemented by a timely interaction with conversation partners
from the last two decades, Hurtado's readable, clear, and carefully
formulated arguments regarding the rise of devotion to Jesus will
continue to steer discussion of New Testament Christology during
the coming years. A must read!
*Loren Stuckenbruck, LMU, Germany*
Larry Hurtado's seminal study, One Lord, One God, advanced the case
that devotion to Jesus arose early and in Jewish Christian circles.
That this thesis no longer seems implausible or novel is due in
large measure to this book, as well as to Hurtado's continued
contributions to the study of the practices of Jesus-devotion in
earliest Christianity. The updated material provided with this
third edition makes the book fresh and continually useful for those
interested in understanding Hurtado's argument in its context and
the impact that it has continued to make.
*Marianne Meye Thompson, Fuller Theological Seminary, USA*
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