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Index
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
The Problem
Early Christology and Chronology
Excursus
Complexity in Ancient Judaism
The Historical Approach
Excursus
One God and Devotion to Jesus
1. Divine Agency in Ancient Jewish Monotheism
Divine Agency Speculation
Three Types
Variation of Types
Summary
The Shape of Postexilic Jewish Religious Devotion
Angelology and Monotheism
A Critique of W. Bousset's View
The Data
Conclusion
Monotheism and Other Divine Agents
Summary
2. Personified Divine Attributes as Divine Agents
Personified Divine Attributes
Wisdom
Logos
The Language of Divine Agency
3. Exalted Patriarchs as Divine Agents
Enoch Speculations
Enoch as Son of Man
Enoch as an Angel
Exalted Moses Traditions
Sirach
Testament of Moses
Exagoge of Ezekiel
Philo
Other Exalted Patriarchs
Exalted Patriarchs and Jewish Religious Devotion
4. Principal Angels
Angelology and Christology in Previous Studies
Principal Angels in Ancient Judaism
Principal Angels in Ezekiel and Daniel
Michael in Other Texts
Other Chief Angel References
Chief Angels and God
Chief Angels and the Bifurcation of God
Summary
5. The Early Christian Mutation
Jesus as God's Chief Agent
The Christian Mutation
Six Features of the Mutation
Early Christian Hymns
Prayer to Christ
The Name of Christ
The Lord's Supper
Confessing Jesus
Prophecy and the Risen Jesus
Causes of the Christian Mutation
The Ministry of Jesus
Easter and Afterward
Opposition to the New Movement
Summary
Conclusions
Notes
Introduction
1. Divine Agency in Ancient Jewish Monotheism
2. Personified Divine Attributes as Divine Agents
3. Exalted Patriarchs as Divine Agents
4. Principal Angels
5. The Early Christian Mutation
Conclusions
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Authors
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