Lord Jesus Christ : Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity
by Hurtado, Larry W.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-06-01
Publisher(s): Eerdmans Pub Co
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Summary
This book provides an in-depth historical study of the place of Jesus in the religious life, beliefs, and worship of Christians from the beginnings of the Christian movement down to the late second century.
Author Biography
Larry W. Hurtado is Professor of New Testament Language, Literature, and Theology at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. xiii |
| Abbreviations | p. xvii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Christ-Devotion | p. 3 |
| Explanations | p. 5 |
| A New religionsgeschichtliche Schule? | p. 11 |
| This Study | p. 19 |
| Forces and Factors | p. 27 |
| Jewish Monotheism | p. 29 |
| Was Jewish Religion Really Monotheistic? | p. 32 |
| The Nature of Jewish Monotheism | p. 42 |
| Monotheism in the New Testament | p. 48 |
| The Effects of Monotheism on Christ-Devotion | p. 50 |
| Jesus | p. 53 |
| Religious Experience | p. 64 |
| Revelatory Experiences in the New Testament | p. 70 |
| The Religious Environment | p. 74 |
| Summary | p. 77 |
| Early Pauline Christianity | p. 79 |
| Where to Begin? | p. 79 |
| Key Personal Factors | p. 86 |
| Paul's Jewishness | p. 87 |
| Paul the Convert | p. 93 |
| The Gentile Mission | p. 96 |
| Christological Language and Themes | p. 98 |
| Jesus as "Christ" | p. 98 |
| Jesus' Divine Sonship | p. 101 |
| Jesus as Lord | p. 108 |
| Preexistence | p. 118 |
| Jesus' Redemptive Death and Resurrection | p. 126 |
| Jesus as Example | p. 133 |
| Binitarian Worship | p. 134 |
| Early Origins | p. 135 |
| Worship | p. 137 |
| Binitarian | p. 151 |
| Summary | p. 153 |
| Judean Jewish Christianity | p. 155 |
| Pauline Evidence | p. 156 |
| Paul's Acquaintance with Judean Christianity | p. 157 |
| A Conspicuous Silence | p. 165 |
| Judean Christian Tradition in Paul's Letters | p. 167 |
| Judean Christ-Devotion in Acts | p. 177 |
| Christological Categories | p. 178 |
| Devotional Practice | p. 194 |
| Hellenists and Hebrews | p. 206 |
| Hellenists as "Proto-Paulinists" | p. 207 |
| Hellenists as Jewish Christians | p. 211 |
| Summary | p. 214 |
| Q and Early Devotion to Jesus | p. 217 |
| Untenable Options | p. 219 |
| Kloppenborg's View of Q's Christology | p. 222 |
| Historical Plausibility | p. 226 |
| An Inductive Approach | p. 233 |
| Is Q Peculiar? | p. 235 |
| The Argument from Silence | p. 239 |
| Devotion to Jesus in Q | p. 244 |
| Centrality of Jesus | p. 245 |
| Q's Narrative World and Jesus | p. 246 |
| Jesus the Polarizing Issue | p. 248 |
| Christological Terms | p. 250 |
| Religious Life in Q | p. 254 |
| Summary | p. 256 |
| Jesus Books | p. 259 |
| Shared Features of the Canonical Gospels | p. 262 |
| The Literary Genre of the Canonical Gospels | p. 270 |
| The Gospels and Early Christian Literature | p. 271 |
| The Gospels and Jewish Literature | p. 274 |
| The Roman-Era Literary Environment | p. 277 |
| The Synoptic Renditions of Jesus | p. 283 |
| Mark | p. 283 |
| Matthew | p. 316 |
| Luke | p. 340 |
| Summary | p. 346 |
| Crises and Christology in Johannine Christianity | p. 349 |
| Jesus in the Gospel of John | p. 353 |
| Some Literary Observations | p. 354 |
| Messiah and Son of God | p. 358 |
| Preexistence | p. 364 |
| "I Am" | p. 370 |
| The Son and the Father | p. 373 |
| Jesus as/and the Glory of God | p. 374 |
| Jesus as/and the Name of God | p. 381 |
| The Name of Jesus | p. 389 |
| Subordination and Distinction | p. 392 |
| Jesus and the Spirit | p. 396 |
| The Spirit and Johannine Christianity | p. 400 |
| Christology and Controversy | p. 402 |
| The Christological Crisis in Johannine Christianity | p. 408 |
| Characterization of the Opponents | p. 408 |
| The Christological Issue | p. 416 |
| Jesus as Heavenly Visitor | p. 419 |
| Jesus as Mystical Exemplar | p. 421 |
| Historical Results | p. 423 |
| Crises and Jesus-Devotion | p. 425 |
| Other Early Jesus Books | p. 427 |
| Jesus Books | p. 427 |
| Rumors | p. 428 |
| Secret Mark | p. 433 |
| Fragments | p. 437 |
| The Egerton Manuscript | p. 440 |
| Gospel of Peter | p. 441 |
| Infancy Gospels | p. 447 |
| Protevangelium of James | p. 447 |
| Infancy Gospel of Thomas | p. 449 |
| Gospel of Thomas | p. 452 |
| A Jesus Book | p. 454 |
| Literary Character | p. 455 |
| Secret Knowledge | p. 458 |
| Revisionist | p. 459 |
| Elitist | p. 461 |
| Jesus and "Thomistic" Christianity | p. 463 |
| Summary and Placement | p. 471 |
| Gospel of Thomas and Gospel of John | p. 474 |
| Revelation Dialogues | p. 479 |
| Summary | p. 483 |
| The Second Century--Importance and Tributaries | p. 487 |
| Christianity in the Second Century | p. 488 |
| Approach and Focus | p. 492 |
| Definitions | p. 494 |
| First-Century Tributaries | p. 496 |
| The Epistle to the Hebrews | p. 497 |
| Later Pauline Texts | p. 504 |
| Confluent Evidence | p. 518 |
| Radical Diversity | p. 519 |
| Valentinus and Valentinianism | p. 523 |
| "Valentinianism" in Irenaeus | p. 525 |
| Valentinian Innovations | p. 528 |
| Valentinian Piety | p. 531 |
| Nag Hammadi Texts | p. 533 |
| Gospel of Truth | p. 539 |
| Marcion | p. 549 |
| Summarizing Reflections | p. 558 |
| Proto-orthodox Devotion | p. 563 |
| Finding Jesus in the Old Testament | p. 564 |
| The Fourfold Gospel | p. 578 |
| Visions and Revelations | p. 588 |
| Revelation | p. 590 |
| Ascension of Isaiah | p. 595 |
| Shepherd of Hermas | p. 602 |
| Worship and Prayer | p. 605 |
| Outsiders and Critics | p. 606 |
| Hymnody | p. 609 |
| Prayer | p. 613 |
| Martyrdom | p. 619 |
| The Nomina Sacra | p. 625 |
| Doctrinal Developments | p. 627 |
| Jesus' Descent to Hades | p. 628 |
| Jesus, Man and God | p. 635 |
| The Divine Jesus and God | p. 640 |
| Thereafter | p. 649 |
| Bibliography of Works Cited | p. 655 |
| Indexes | |
| Modern Authors | p. 703 |
| Subjects | p. 715 |
| Ancient Sources | p. 718 |
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