One God, One Lord: Early Christian Devotion and Ancient Jewish Monotheism

by Larry W. Hurtado

Overview

Larry Hurtado's One God, One Lord has been described as 'one of the most important and provocative Christologies of all time' (Alan F. Segal). The book has taken its place among works on Jesus as one consistently cited, consistently read, and consistently examined in scholarly discourse.

Hurtado examines the early cultic devotion to Jesus through a range of Jewish sources. Hurtado outlines an early 'high' Christological theology, showing how the Christ of faith emerges from monotheistic Judaism. The book has already found a home on the shelves of many in its two previous editions. In this new Cornerstones edition Hurtado provides a substantial epilogue of some twenty-thousand words, which brings this ground-breaking work to the fore once more, in a format accessible to scholars and students alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780567657718
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/19/2015
Series:	T&T Clark Cornerstones
Edition description:	3rd Revised ed.
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Larry W. Hurtado is Professor Emeritus of New Testament Language, Literature and Theology, University of Edinburgh.

Table of Contents

Preface
Abbreviations

Introduction
1. The Problem
2. Early Christology and Chronology
3. Excursus
4. Complexity in Ancient Judaism
5. The Historical Approach
6. Excursus
7. One God and Devotion to Jesus

Ch. 1: Divine Agency in Ancient Jewish Monotheism
1. Divine Agency Speculation
2. The Shape of Postexilic Jewish Religious Devotion
3. Angelology and Monotheism
4. Monotheism and Other Divine Agents
5. Summary

Ch. 2: Personified Divine Attributes as Divine Agents
1. Personified Divine Attributes
2. The Language of Divine Agency

Ch. 3: Exalted Patriarchs as Divine Agents
1. Enoch Speculations
2. Exalted Moses Traditions
3. Other Exalted Patriarchs
4. Exalted Patriarchs and Jewish Religious Devotion

Ch. 4: Principal Angels
1. Angelology and Christology in Previous Studies
2. Principal Angels in Ancient Judaism
3. Chief Angels and God
4. Summary

Ch. 5: The Early Christian Mutation
1. Jesus as God's Chief Agent
2. The Christian Mutation
3. Causes of the Christian Mutation
4. Summary

Conclusions
Notes
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Authors

Editorial Reviews

This book has had a huge and salutary influence in the study of early Christology. It remains essential reading for anyone interested in that subject. The new edition is very welcome indeed.” —Richard Bauckham, University of Cambridge, UK

“Since its initial publication in 1988, this book has become somewhat of a classic for anyone interested in Christian origins. Now supplemented by a timely interaction with conversation partners from the last two decades, Hurtado's readable, clear, and carefully formulated arguments regarding the rise of devotion to Jesus will continue to steer discussion of New Testament Christology during the coming years. A must read!” —Loren Stuckenbruck, LMU, Germany

“Larry Hurtado's seminal study, One Lord, One God, advanced the case that devotion to Jesus arose early and in Jewish Christian circles. That this thesis no longer seems implausible or novel is due in large measure to this book, as well as to Hurtado's continued contributions to the study of the practices of Jesus-devotion in earliest Christianity. The updated material provided with this third edition makes the book fresh and continually useful for those interested in understanding Hurtado's argument in its context and the impact that it has continued to make.” —Marianne Meye Thompson, Fuller Theological Seminary, USA

From the Publisher

Larry Hurtado's seminal study, One Lord, One God, advanced the case that devotion to Jesus arose early and in Jewish Christian circles. That this thesis no longer seems implausible or novel is due in large measure to this book, as well as to Hurtado's continued contributions to the study of the practices of Jesus-devotion in earliest Christianity. The updated material provided with this third edition makes the book fresh and continually useful for those interested in understanding Hurtado's argument in its context and the impact that it has continued to make.

Marianne Meye Thompson

Since its initial publication in 1988, this book has become somewhat of a classic for anyone interested in Christian origins. Now supplemented by a timely interaction with conversation partners from the last two decades, Hurtado's readable, clear, and carefully formulated arguments regarding the rise of devotion to Jesus will continue to steer discussion of New Testament Christology during the coming years. A must read!

Loren Stuckenbruck

This book has had a huge and salutary influence in the study of early Christology. It remains essential reading for anyone interested in that subject. The new edition is very welcome indeed.

Richard Bauckham