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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461563203321

Autore

Davis Carl Judson

Titolo

The name and way of the Lord : Old Testament themes, New Testament Christology / / Carl Judson Davis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England : , : Sheffield Academic Press, , [1996]

©1996

ISBN

1-283-19383-3

9786613193834

0-567-17551-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; ; 129

Disciplina

232/.8

Soggetti

Monotheism - Biblical teaching

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sheffield, 1993.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-200) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2; SOME PRE- AND POST-CHRISTIAN PARALLELS: AN ASSESSMENT OF THEIR SIGNIFICANCE; Chapter 3; ISAIAH 40.3 IN THE NEW TESTAMENT; Chapter 4; JOEL 2.32 [3.5]A IN THE NEW TESTAMENT; Chapter 5; OTHER IMPORTANT DATA; Chapter 6; SALVATION HISTORY, INVOCATION AND REVELATION OF GOD, AND CONNECTIONS BETWEEN JOEL2.32[3.5]A AND ISAIAH 40.3; Chapter 7; CONCLUSIONS; CITATIONS AND ALLUSIONS ABOUT THE DIVINE APPLIED TO CHRIST; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This book discusses the first-century implications of applying Old Testament texts about the divine to Jesus. It summarizes recent views on the significance of this practice. It then collects pre-Christian and first-century Jewish parallels, and notices that most centre on the angel, wisdom, glory and word of the Lord, although application to non-divine figures also occurs. The evidence is that some Christians in the 50s worked with a redefinition of monotheism in which they included the Father and Jesus. Such a view explains the New Testament salvation-historical perspective in regard to the