Lord Jesus Christ

by Hurtado, Larry W.

• ISBN13: 9780802831675
• ISBN10: 0802831672
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-15
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

This outstanding 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. Boasting an unprecedented breadth and depth of coverage - the book speaks authoritatively on everything from early Christian history to themes in biblical studies to New Testament Christology - Larry Hurtado's Lord Jesus Christ is at once significant enough to appeal to a wide range of scholars and accessible enough to benefit general readers interested at all in Christian origins. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Larry W. Hurtado is Professor of New Testament Language, Literature, and Theology at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
Abbreviations	xvii
Introduction	1	(2)
Christ-Devotion	3	(2)
Explanations	5	(6)
A New religionsgeschichtliche Schule?	11	(8)
This Study	19	(8)
Forces and Factors	27	(52)
Jewish Monotheism	29	(24)
Was Jewish Religion Really Monotheistic?	32	(10)
The Nature of Jewish Monotheism	42	(6)
Monotheism in the New Testament	48	(2)
The Effects of Monotheism on Christ-Devotion	50	(3)
Jesus	53	(11)
Religious Experience	64	(10)
Revelatory Experiences in the New Testament	70	(4)
The Religious Environment	74	(3)
Summary	77	(2)
Early Pauline Christianity	79	(76)
Where to Begin?	79	(7)
Key Personal Factors	86	(12)
Paul's Jewishness	87	(6)
Paul the Convert	93	(3)
The Gentile Mission	96	(2)
Christological Language and Themes	98	(36)
Jesus as ``Christ''	98	(3)
Jesus' Divine Sonship	101	(7)
Jesus as Lord	108	(10)
Preexistence	118	(8)
Jesus' Redemptive Death and Resurrection	126	(7)
Jesus as Example	133	(1)
Binitarian Worship	134	(19)
Early Origins	135	(2)
Worship	137	(14)
``Binitarian''	151	(2)
Summary	153	(2)
Judean Jewish Christianity	155	(62)
Pauline Evidence	156	(21)
Paul's Acquaintance with Judean Christianity	157	(8)
A Conspicuous Silence	165	(2)
Judean Christian Tradition in Paul's Letters	167	(10)
Judean Christ-Devotion in Acts	177	(29)
Christological Categories	178	(16)
Devotional Practice	194	(12)
Hellenists and Hebrews	206	(8)
Hellenists as ``Proto-Paulinists''	207	(4)
Hellenists as Jewish Christians	211	(3)
Summary	214	(3)
Q and Early Devotion to Jesus	217	(42)
Untenable Options	219	(3)
Kloppenborg's View of Q's Christology	222	(4)
Historical Plausibility	226	(7)
An Inductive Approach	233	(2)
Is Q Peculiar?	235	(4)
The Argument from Silence	239	(5)
Devotion to Jesus in Q	244	(10)
Centrality of Jesus	245	(1)
Q's Narrative World and Jesus	246	(2)
Jesus the Polarizing Issue	248	(2)
Christological Terms	250	(4)
Religious Life in Q	254	(2)
Summary	256	(3)
Jesus Books	259	(90)
Shared Features of the Canonical Gospels	262	(8)
The Literary Genre of the Canonical Gospels	270	(13)
The Gospels and Early Christian Literature	271	(3)
The Gospels and Jewish Literature	274	(3)
The Roman-Era Literary Environment	277	(6)
The Synoptic Renditions of Jesus	283	(63)
Mark	283	(33)
Matthew	316	(24)
Luke	340	(6)
Summary	346	(3)
Crises and Christology in Johannine Christianity	349	(78)
Jesus in the Gospel of John	353	(55)
Some Literary Observations	354	(4)
Messiah and Son of God	358	(6)
Preexistence	364	(6)
``I Am''	370	(3)
The Son and the Father	373	(1)
Jesus as/and the Glory of God	374	(7)
Jesus as/and the Name of God	381	(8)
The Name of Jesus	389	(3)
Subordination and Distinction	392	(4)
Jesus and the Spirit	396	(4)
The Spirit and Johannine Christianity	400	(2)
Christology and Controversy	402	(6)
The Christological Crisis in Johannine Christianity	408	(17)
Characterization of the Opponents	408	(8)
The Christological Issue	416	(3)
Jesus as Heavenly Visitor	419	(2)
Jesus as Mystical Exemplar	421	(2)
Historical Results	423	(2)
Crises and Jesus-Devotion	425	(2)
Other Early Jesus Books	427	(60)
Jesus Books	427	(20)
Rumors	428	(5)
Secret Mark	433	(4)
Fragments	437	(3)
The Egerton Manuscript	440	(1)
Gospel of Peter	441	(6)
Infancy Gospels	447	(5)
Protevangelium of James	447	(2)
Infancy Gospel of Thomas	449	(3)
Gospel of Thomas	452	(27)
A Jesus Book	454	(1)
Literary Character	455	(3)
Secret Knowledge	458	(1)
Revisionist	459	(2)
Elitist	461	(2)
Jesus and ``Thomistic'' Christianity	463	(8)
Summary and Placement	471	(3)
Gospel of Thomas and Gospel of John	474	(5)
Revelation Dialogues	479	(4)
Summary	483	(4)
The Second Century --- Importance and Tributaries	487	(32)
Christianity in the Second Century	488	(4)
Approach and Focus	492	(2)
Definitions	494	(2)
First-Century Tributaries	496	(23)
The Epistle to the Hebrews	497	(7)
Later Pauline Texts	504	(14)
Confluent Evidence	518	(1)
Radical Diversity	519	(44)
Valentinus and Valentinianism	523	(26)
``Valentinianism'' in Irenaeus	525	(3)
Valentinian Innovations	528	(3)
Valentinian Piety	531	(2)
Nag Hammadi Texts	533	(6)
Gospel of Truth	539	(10)
Marcion	549	(9)
Summarizing Reflections	558	(5)
Proto-orthodox Devotion	563	(86)
Finding Jesus in the Old Testament	564	(14)
The Fourfold Gospel	578	(10)
Visions and Revelations	588	(17)
Revelation	590	(5)
Ascension of Isaiah	595	(7)
Shepherd of Hermas	602	(3)
Worship and Prayer	605	(14)
Outsiders and Critics	606	(3)
Hymnody	609	(4)
Prayer	613	(6)
Martyrdom	619	(6)
The Nomina Sacra	625	(2)
Doctrinal Developments	627	(22)
Jesus' Descent to Hades	628	(7)
Jesus, Man and God	635	(5)
The Divine Jesus and God	640	(9)
Thereafter	649	(6)
Bibliography of Works Cited	655
Indexes
Modern Authors	703	(12)
Subjects	715	(3)
Ancient Sources	718