One God, One Lord: Early Christian Devotion and Ancient Jewish Monotheism

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Preface to the Second Edition......Page 9
Preface......Page 25
Abbreviations......Page 28
The Problem......Page 33
Early Christology and Chronology......Page 35
Excursus......Page 38
Complexity in Ancient Judaism......Page 39
Excursus......Page 41
One God and Devotion to Jesus......Page 43
Three Types......Page 49
Variation of Types......Page 50
Summary......Page 53
The Shape of Postexilic Jewish Religious Devotion......Page 54
Angelology and Monotheism......Page 55
A Critique of W. Bousset's View......Page 56
The Data......Page 60
Monotheism and Other Divine Agents......Page 67
Summary......Page 71
2. Personified Divine Attributes as Divine Agents......Page 73
Wisdom......Page 74
Logos......Page 76
The Language of Divine Agency......Page 81
Enoch Speculations......Page 83
Enoch as Son of Man......Page 85
Enoch as an Angel......Page 87
Sirach......Page 88
Exagoge of Ezekiel......Page 89
Philo......Page 91
Other Exalted Patriarchs......Page 96
Exalted Patriarchs and Jewish Religious Devotion......Page 97
4. Principal Angels......Page 103
Angelology and Christology in Previous Studies......Page 104
Principal Angels in Ezekiel and Daniel......Page 107
Michael in Other Texts......Page 109
Other Chief Angel References......Page 110
Chief Angels and God......Page 114
Chief Angels and the Bifurcation of God......Page 117
Summary......Page 122
Jesus as God's Chief Agent......Page 125
The Christian Mutation......Page 131
Six Features of the Mutation......Page 132
Early Christian Hymns......Page 133
Prayer to Christ......Page 136
The Name of Christ......Page 140
The Lord's Supper......Page 143
Confessing Jesus......Page 144
Prophecy and the Risen Jesus......Page 145
Causes of the Christian Mutation......Page 146
The Ministry of Jesus......Page 147
Easter and Afterward......Page 149
Opposition to the New Movement......Page 154
Summary......Page 155
Conclusions......Page 157
Introduction......Page 161
1. Divine Agency in Ancient Jewish Monotheism......Page 168
2. Personified Divine Attributes as Divine Agents......Page 177
3. Exalted Patriarchs as Divine Agents......Page 180
4. Principal Angels......Page 187
5. The Early Christian Mutation......Page 192
Conclusions......Page 200
Index of Ancient Sources......Page 201
Index of Authors......Page 207
Back Cover......Page 212