INDEX OF SUBJECTS
| Abrahamic religions, distinction among, 31 | |
| Adam: Christology based on contrast with, 98–101; depicted as transgressor, 100; no evidence for worship of, 126 | |
| Agent of God, Jesus portrayed as, 49, 52, 137; seen as threat to Jewish traditions, 178 | |
| Agent(s) of God, in Jewish tradition, 19–20, 21, 44, 46, 111–12, 115; analogy to devotion to Jesus limited, 47–48, 11112; ancestor figures as, 47; angels as, 46; cult denied to, 22, 168, 197; [Elect One,] as example of, 116; no threat to God's supremacy, 131, 133; types of, 21, 24, 197 | |
| Ananus, high priest, and stoning of | |
| James, brother of Jesus, 79 | |
| Angels and other heavenly beings: apotropaic invocations of, 125, 128n.50; as bearers of prayers and intercessors, 124; distinguished from God, 121; interest in varies over time, 132; mistaken for God, 124; possible threat to Jewish monotheism, 114–15; worship denied to, 117, 123, 125, 126, 201–2 | |
| Apotheosis: rejected as possible model for treatment of Jesus, 24, 54, 95; unlikely to have influenced Christians, 30, 31, 41, 46, 53 | |
| Aramaic: Christians speaking, 37, 86; invocation quoted by Paul, 36–37; putative original language of hymn underlying Phil. 2:6–11, 85–86. See also Semitisms | |
| Baptism, Christian, 28, 45; [in/into Jesus' name,] 5, 161 | |
| Barnabas, 38, 39 | |
| Biblical scholarship: dialectical theology movement within, 181; doctrinal studies traditionally central to, 180; has often explored pagan roots of beliefs/practices, 180; History of Religions School of, 134; sociocultural studies of early churches, recent interest in, 183. See also Christology, Religious experience | |
| Blasphemy: accounts of, reflecting response to Christian claims/devotion, 154–56, 157n.17, 199; Jesus charged with, 163n.35, 166, 167–68; Jewish charges of against Christians, 25–26, 167, 177, 178. See also Jesus, [trial] of | |
| Christianity, exclusivist claim of, 59 Christians, early: compensations expe |
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Publication information:
Book title: How on Earth Did Jesus Become a God? Historical Questions about Earliest Devotion to Jesus.
Contributors: Larry W. Hurtado - Author.
Publisher: W.B. Eerdmans.
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, MI.
Publication year: 2005.
Page number: 222.
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