Author : M. David Litwa
Release : 2014
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 036/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Iesus Deus by : M. David Litwa
Download or read book Iesus Deus written by M. David Litwa. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean for Jesus to be deified in early Christian literature? Early Christians did not simply assert Jesus divinity; in their literature, they depicted Jesus with the specific and widely recognized traits of Mediterranean deities.Relying on the methods of the history of religions and ranging judiciously across Hellenistic literature, M. David Litwa shows that at each stage in their depiction of Jesus life and ministry, early Christian writings from the beginning relied on categories drawn not from Judaism alone, but on a wide, pan-Mediterranean understanding of deity.