This outstanding book provides an in-depth historical study of the
place of Jesus in the religious life, beliefs, and worship of
Christians from the beginnings of the Christian movement down to
the late second century.
"Lord Jesus Christ" is a monumental work on earliest Christian
devotion to Jesus, sure to replace Wilhelm Bousset's "Kyrios
Christos" (1913) as the standard work on the subject. Larry
Hurtado, widely respected for his previous contributions to the
study of the New Testament and Christian origins, offers the best
view to date of how the first Christians saw and reverenced Jesus
as divine. In assembling this compelling picture, Hurtado draws on
a wide body of ancient sources, from Scripture and the writings of
such figures as Ignatius of Antioch and Justin to apocryphal texts
such as the "Gospel of Thomas" and the "Gospel of Truth."
Hurtado considers such themes as early beliefs about Jesus'
divine status and significance, but he also explores telling
devotional practices of the time, including prayer and worship, the
use of Jesus' name in exorcism, baptism and healing, ritual
invocation of Jesus as "Lord," martyrdom, and lesser-known
phenomena such as prayer postures and the curious scribal practice
known today as the "nomina sacra."
The revealing portrait that emerges from Hurtado's comprehensive
study yields definitive answers to questions like these: How
important was this formative period to later Christian tradition?
When did the divinization of Jesus first occur? Was early
Christianity influenced by neighboring religions? How did the idea
of Jesus' divinity change old views of God? And why did the
powerful dynamics of early beliefs and practices encouragepeople to
make the costly move of becoming a Christian?
Boasting an unprecedented breadth and depth of coverage -- the
book speaks authoritatively on everything from early Christian
history to themes in biblical studies to New Testament Christology
-- Hurtado's "Lord Jesus Christ" is at once significant enough that
a wide range of scholars will want to read it and accessible enough
that general readers interested at all in Christian origins will
also profit greatly from it.
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