How on Earth Did Jesus Become a God?: Historical Questions about Earliest Devotion to JesusIn How on Earth Did Jesus Become a God? Larry Hurtado investigates the intense devotion to Jesus that emerged with surprising speed after his death. Reverence for Jesus among early Christians, notes Hurtado, included both grand claims about Jesus' significance and a pattern of devotional practices that effectively treated him as divine. This book argues that whatever one makes of such devotion to Jesus, the subject deserves serious historical consideration. Mapping out the lively current debate about Jesus, Hurtado explains the evidence, issues, and positions at stake. He goes on to treat the opposition to -- and severe costs of -- worshiping Jesus, the history of incorporating such devotion into Jewish monotheism, and the role of religious experience in Christianity's development out of Judaism. The follow-up to Hurtado's award-winningLord Jesus Christ (2003), this book provides compelling answers to queries about the development of the church's belief in the divinity of Jesus. |
Contents
How on Earth Did Jesus Become a God? Approaches to JesusDevotion in Earliest Christianity | 11 |
Devotion to Jesus and SecondTemple Jewish Monotheistic Piety | 29 |
To Live and Die for Jesus Social and Political Consequences of Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity | 54 |
A Case Study in Early Christian Devotion to Jesus Philippians 2611 | 81 |
Definitions and Defense | 107 |
FirstCentury Jewish Monotheism | 109 |
Homage to the Historical Jesus and Early Christian Devotion | 132 |
Early Jewish Opposition to JesusDevotion | 150 |
Religious Experience and Religious Innovation in the New Testament | 177 |
Epilogue | 203 |
Opening Remarks to the First Deichmann Annual Lecture Series | 205 |
Are There Good Reasons for Studying Early Christian Literature at BenGurion University? | 213 |
Index of Modern Authors | 215 |
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