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Through comparison with representative authors such as Philo and Plutarch, and a comprehensive analysis of Jesus and various intermediary figures from Greco-Roman religion and ancient Judaism, Michael Bird demonstrates how early accounts of Jesus both overlapped with and diverged from existing forms of religious expression.

Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part One: Jesus and Ancient Divinity
  • 1. Problematizing Jesus' Divinity
  • 2. The Search for Divine Ontology
  • Part Two: Jesus and Intermediary Figures
  • 3. Putting Jesus in His Place: Scholarship on Early Christology and Intermediary Figures
  • 4. Jesus and the "In-Betweeners": Comparing Early Christologies and Intermediary Figures
  • 5. Setting Jesus apart from Demiurges, Deities, Daemons, and Divi

Jesus Among the Gods

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      Publisher: Baylor University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/10/2022
      ISBN13: 9781481316750, 978-1481316750
      ISBN10: 1481316753

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Through comparison with representative authors such as Philo and Plutarch, and a comprehensive analysis of Jesus and various intermediary figures from Greco-Roman religion and ancient Judaism, Michael Bird demonstrates how early accounts of Jesus both overlapped with and diverged from existing forms of religious expression.

      Table of Contents
      • Introduction
      • Part One: Jesus and Ancient Divinity
      • 1. Problematizing Jesus' Divinity
      • 2. The Search for Divine Ontology
      • Part Two: Jesus and Intermediary Figures
      • 3. Putting Jesus in His Place: Scholarship on Early Christology and Intermediary Figures
      • 4. Jesus and the "In-Betweeners": Comparing Early Christologies and Intermediary Figures
      • 5. Setting Jesus apart from Demiurges, Deities, Daemons, and Divi

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