The Glory of God in the Face of Jesus Christ: Deification of Jesus in Early Christian Discourse

by David K. Bernard

There is now a substantial scholarly consensus for the emergence of a high or divine Christology very early and from a Jewish context, but the questions of "how" and "why" need further study. Within the framework of traditional Jewish monotheism, Paul and other early Christians used the language of deity to describe Jesus. To investigate their view of Jesus, the author examines Paul's discourse in 2 Cor 3:16-4:6, employing insights from rhetorical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 190567936X
• ISBN13: 9781905679362
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.