The Jewish Roots of Christological Monotheism: Papers from the St. Andrews Conference on the Historical Origins of the Worship of JesusCarey C. Newman, James R. Davila, Gladys S. Lewis BRILL, 1999 - 373 pages Although there are many studies of second Temple Judaism (in general) and of Christianity's relationship with Judaism (in particular), there has not been a sustained and comprehensive investigation of the way in which Christ-devotion in the first two centuries of the common era represents a manifestation of Jewish monotheism. This volume fills this gap in four distinctive ways: (1) by re-examining the theological force of "monotheism" during the Second Temple period; (2) by retracing the historical steps of Christianity's adaptation / mutation / re-definition of Jewish monotheism; (3) by exploring and debating the influence of non-Jewish traditions on this process; and (4) by mapping the ways in which Christianity's unique appropriation of Jewish monotheism helps explain the intriguing relationships among emerging Christian, Jewish and Gnostic communities. In particular, the eighteen essays demonstrate how the creation mythic of narratives, the revelatory power of mystical experiences, and the sociology of community formation capitalized on the Jewish meditoral tradition to encourage and legitimate the Christian praxis of Christ-devotion. |
Contents
Introductory | 3 |
Concepts of Jewish Monotheism in the Hellenistic Period | 21 |
The Throne of God and the Worship of Jesus | 43 |
Worship and Monotheism in the Ascension of Isaiah | 70 |
The High Priest and the Worship of Jesus | 93 |
The Worship of Divine Humanity as Gods Image and | 112 |
11Q Melchizedek and the Epistle | 129 |
The Worship of Jesus | 148 |
Identification with the Savior in Coptic Texts from | 166 |
The Binitarian Shape of Early Christian Worship | 187 |
Monotheism Worship and Christological Developments | 214 |
The Worship of Jesus and the Imperial Cult | 234 |
Pauls Soma Pneumatikon and the Worship of Jesus | 258 |
Singing Hymns to Christ as to a God Cf Pliny | 277 |
Imitatio Christi and the Early Worship of Jesus | 293 |
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