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Ancient Jewish Monotheism and Early Christian Jesus - Devotion: The Context and Character of Christological Faith
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▼▲Ancient Jewish Monotheism and Early Christian Jesus-Devotion harvests from Larry W. Hurtado’s lifetime of study of the New Testament and the development of early Christianity. Hurtado’s career of historical and literary research spans forty years and emphasizes both continuity and discontinuity in the origins of the Christian faith. This volume displays Hurtado’s command of the nature, shape, and implications of Christ-devotion for understanding Christian origins.
Hurtado begins with the scholarly framework for understanding Christ-devotion—engaging key figures from Bousset and Bultmann to Bauckham and Wright. The next section maps the first-century Jewish devotional, liturgical, and theological contexts in which the early church and its worshiping life first emerged. Phenomenological investigations follow that set Christian innovation in the context of ancient Jewish monotheism, focusing specifically on the experiential factors shaping early Christian faith and devotional practices. The focus turns finally to the surprising ways in which the innovative, Jesus-centered beliefs and worship formed early Christian self-expression and identity. The volume concludes with a survey of some significant concrete implications of the distinctive dyadic devotional pattern that erupted early and spread widely.
Even as this collection traces the historical narrative of Christian origins through the lens of Christology and devotion, it also forms an inclusive testament to one scholar’s outstanding contributions to the ongoing discussion of what made early Christianity powerfully unique in its historical setting. Quintessential Hurtado, this volume is a necessity for any attempt to understand the diversity of factors at play in the birth of Christianity.
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▼▲| Title: Ancient Jewish Monotheism and Early Christian Jesus - Devotion: The Context and Character of Christological Faith By: Larry Hurtado Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 698 Vendor: Baylor University Press Publication Date: 2017 | Dimensions: 8.9 X 6.0 X 1.7 (inches) Weight: 2 pounds 1 ounce ISBN: 1481307622 ISBN-13: 9781481307628 Series: Library of Early Christology Stock No: WW307628 |
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▼▲Ancient Jewish Monotheism and Early Christian Jesus-Devotion harvests from Larry W. Hurtados lifetime of study of the New Testament and the development of early Christianity. Hurtados career of historical and literary research spans forty years and emphasizes both continuity and discontinuity in the origins of the Christian faith. This volume displays Hurtados command of the nature, shape, and implications of Christ-devotion for understanding Christian origins.
Hurtado begins with the scholarly framework for understanding Christ-devotion--engaging key figures from Bousset and Bultmann to Bauckham and Wright. The next section maps the first-century Jewish devotional, liturgical, and theological contexts in which the early church and its worshiping life first emerged. Phenomenological investigations follow that set Christian innovation in the context of ancient Jewish monotheism, focusing specifically on the experiential factors shaping early Christian faith and devotional practices. The focus turns finally to the surprising ways in which the innovative, Jesus-centered beliefs and worship formed early Christian self-expression and identity. The volume concludes with a survey of some significant concrete implications of the distinctive dyadic devotional pattern that erupted early and spread widely.
Even as this collection traces the historical narrative of Christian origins through the lens of Christology and devotion, it also forms an inclusive testament to one scholars outstanding contributions to the ongoing discussion of what made early Christianity powerfully unique in its historical setting. Quintessential Hurtado, this volume is a necessity for any attempt to understand the diversity of factors at play in the birth of Christianity.
Author Bio
▼▲Larry W. Hurtado is Emeritus Professor of New Testament Language, Literature & Theology in the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Born in Kansas City (Missouri), he now lives in Edinburgh. His books include Destroyer of the gods: Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World.
Author Bio
▼▲Larry W. Hurtado is Emeritus Professor of New Testament Language, Literature & Theology in the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Born in Kansas City (Missouri), he now lives in Edinburgh.
Editorial Reviews
▼▲Having access to these essays under one cover--along with his equally impressive monographs--reveals the remarkable contribution of this scholar to our understanding of early Christianity.
-- The Bible TodayThose who research or are otherwise interested in the scholarly discussion of Christian origins, early devotion to Jesus, and Christology will benefit greatly from this volume.
-- Expository TimesIt is great to have this material brought together, both because of the importance of the topic, and because of the importance of the author's thinking on the topic. For young aspiring scholars it also shows what a lifetime of conscientious research can look like.
-- Journal for the Study of the New TestamentReading Larry Hurtados Ancient Jewish Monotheism and Early Christian Jesus-Devotion is an invitation into an expansive and comprehensive assessment of the history of early Christian self-understanding, worship practices, and devotion to Jesus. Much can be said about this significant compilation of essays and their contribution to scholarship regarding the early Christian community and its theological self-understanding.
-- Review and ExpositorAlong with the rest of Hurtados oeuvre, this collection merits the attention of every scholar concerned with the study ofthe Christian religion in its earliest period and a place in any university or seminary library.
-- Stone-Campbell JournalEach essay offers its own contribution to research, and the volume as a whole is valuable for researchers and students for studying the history of christological research of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries both through Hurtados original work and through Hurtados interaction with other major voices in christological scholarship.
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