TY  - BOOK
AU  - Loke, Andrew Ter Ern.
AU  - Loke,Andrew Ter Ern
TI  - The Origin of Divine Christology
SN  - 9781316648759
U1  - B85 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Jesus Christ
KW  - Jesus Christ-Person
KW  - Jesus Christ - Historicity
N1  - includes index and biblioraphy; 1. Introducing the Theories and Approaches concerning the origin of Divine Christology ........1  Significance of the Question ..........1  Introducing various types of Theories concerning the origin of Divine christology ..............3  Introducing the issues of Jesus Self-Understanding ...........6  The approach of this book .........9  Clarification of Key terms ...........12  An Overview of the Rest of this book .......21  2. The highest christology was present among the earliest christians : The Evidence ...............24  1 Corinthians 8: 6..........26  Philippians 2: 6-11............33  Evidence from devotional Practices ........41  Evidence from expressions of Spiritual desire for christ ................45  3. Replies to objections involving various exalted figures in Second temple Judaism ..........48  The Importance of the Creator - Creature divide ..........53  Concerning the angel of the Lord ...........66  Concerning Kings, Messiahs and Others .......68  4. Replies to other Objections concerning the highest christology of the earliest christians .......79  Concerning the clain that accoring to acts the earliest christians did not worship Jesus ........79  Concerning the claim that Jesus was distinguished from and subordinated to God ..............80  Concerning the claim that adoptionism / Exaltation christology was present earlier ......83  Concerning the claim that Jesus was merely venerated, not worshiped ..............94  Concerning the claim that sacrifice is never said in the new testament to be offered to christ ........95  5. The Extent of Highest christology in Earliest christianity .....100  The argument for widespread extent ...........101  Is there absence of Jewish objection to paul`s Divine christology .......103  Argument from silence ..........107  Reply to objections by bart ehrman and others .....110  Examples of Theories which fail to explain the widespread extent ..........131  6. The best explanation for the origin of Highest chrostology ..........134  The earliest christians were evidently concerned about passing on the traditon of Jesus Teachings ..........134  The difficulty of the Idea of Regarding a Human Jesus as also truly divine ...........137  The Issue of Falsification of Jesus Intention ..........140  The Best historical Explanation for a Diversity of other Peculiar beliefs and Practices of the Earliest christians is that they originated from Jesus ........144  It is likely that Jesus was Perceived to have Given clear Indications that he regarded himself as Truly Diving by a Significant Number of Disciples ............146  The Role of Early christian thinking about intermediary figures .....147  7. Assessing the evidence for the Origin of Highest christology in the Gospels ............153  Counter - Evidence in the Gospels ..........153
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