The Jewish Roots of Christological Monotheism: Papers from the St. Andrews Conference on the Historical Origins of the Worship of Jesus
Although
there are many studies of second Temple Judaism (in general) and of
Christianity's relationship with Judaism (in particular), there has not
been a sustained and comprehensive investigation of the way in which
Christ-devotion in the first two centuries of the common era represents a
manifestation of Jewish monotheism. This volume fills this gap in four
distinctive ways: (1) by re-examining the theological force of
"monotheism" during the Second Temple period; (2) by retracing the
historical steps of Christianity's adaptation / mutation / re-definition
of Jewish monotheism; (3) by exploring and debating the influence of
non-Jewish traditions on this process; and (4) by mapping the ways in
which Christianity's unique appropriation of Jewish monotheism helps
explain the intriguing relationships among emerging Christian, Jewish
and Gnostic communities. In particular, the eighteen essays demonstrate
how the creation mythic of narratives, the revelatory power of mystical
experiences, and the sociology of community formation capitalized on the
Jewish meditoral tradition to encourage and legitimate the Christian
praxis of Christ-devotion.
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