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  • How on Earth Did Jesus Become a God?

    Historical Questions about Earliest Devotion to Jesus

    In How on Earth Did Jesus Become a God? Larry Hurtado investigates the intense devotion to Jesus that emerged with surprising speed after his death. Reverence for Jesus among early Christians, notes Hurtado, included both grand claims about Jesus' significance and a pattern of devotional practices that effectively treated him as divine. This book argues that whatever one makes of such devotion to ... Read more

    $29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • God in New Testament Theology

    Analyzes the various New Testament conceptions of God and suggests how they can best contribute to a contemporary constructive theology.In this important new volume in the Library of Biblical Theology, Larry W. Hurtado introduces the different understandings of God that arise in the books of the New Testament, and explores the ramifications of those views for contemporary theology.Questions ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • Destroyer of the gods

    Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World

    "Silly," "stupid," "irrational," "simple." "Wicked," "hateful," "obstinate," "anti-social." "Extravagant," "perverse." The Roman world rendered harsh judgments upon early Christianity--including branding Christianity "new." Novelty was no Roman religious virtue.Nevertheless, as Larry W. Hurtado shows in Destroyer of the gods, Christianity thrived despite its new and distinctive features and ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Honoring the Son

    Jesus in Earliest Christian Devotional Practice

    Series series Snapshots
    Before the New Testament or the creeds of the church were written, the devotional practices of the earliest Christians indicate that they worshipped Jesus alongside the Father.Larry W. Hurtado has been one of the leading scholars on early Christology for decades. In Honoring the Son: Jesus in Earliest Christian Devotional Practice, Hurtado helps readers understand early Christology by examining ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Mark

    by Larry Hurtado ...
    Series series Understanding the Bible Commentary Series
    The Understanding the Bible Commentary Series helps readers navigate the strange and sometimes intimidating literary terrain of the Bible. These accessible volumes break down the barriers between the ancient and modern worlds so that the power and meaning of the biblical texts become transparent to contemporary readers. The contributors tackle the task of interpretation using the full range of ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • One God, One Lord

    Early Christian Devotion and Ancient Jewish Monotheism

    Series series T&T Clark Cornerstones
    Larry Hurtado's One God, One Lord has been described as 'one of the most important and provocative Christologies of all time' (Alan F. Segal). The book has taken its place among works on Jesus as one consistently cited, consistently read, and consistently examined in scholarly discourse.Hurtado examines the early cultic devotion to Jesus through a range of Jewish sources. Hurtado outlines an early ... Read more

    $30.79 USD

  • Jesus among Friends and Enemies

    A Historical and Literary Introduction to Jesus in the Gospels

    Edited by Chris Keith, Larry Hurtado ...
    This engaging text offers a fresh alternative to standard introductions to Jesus. Combining literary and sociohistorical approaches and offering a tightly integrated treatment, a team of highly respected scholars examines how Jesus's friends and enemies respond to him in the Gospel narratives. It is the first book to introduce readers to the rich portraits of Jesus in the Gospels by surveying the ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

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    How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently

    The editors of The Jewish Annotated New Testament show how and why Jews and Christians read many of the same Biblical texts – including passages from the Pentateuch, the Prophets, and the Psalms – differently. Exploring and explaining these diverse perspectives, they reveal more clearly Scripture’s beauty and power.Esteemed Bible scholars and teachers Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Z. Brettler take ... Read more

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  • An Introduction to the New Testament

    Grasp the message of the New Testament by focusing on the essentials.An Introduction to the New Testament focuses on historical questions dealing with authorship, date, sources, purpose, destination, and so forth, ensuring that the New Testament books will be accurately understood within historical settings. For each New Testament document, the authors also provide a substantial summary of the ... Read more

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  • Exploring the Origins of the Bible

    Canon Formation in Historical, Literary, and Theological Perspective

    Series series Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology
    How did the Bible we have come to be? What do biblical scholars mean when they talk about canon, the Septuagint, the Apocrypha, or the Masoretic Text? All this biblical study is interesting, but does it really matter? Leading international scholars explain that it does. This thought-provoking and cutting-edge collection will help you go deeper in your understanding of the biblical writings, how ... Read more

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  • Jesus and Divine Christology

    by Brant Pitre ...
    Did Jesus see himself as divine?Since the beginning of the quest for the historical Jesus, scholars have dismissed the idea that Jesus could have identified himself as God. Such high Christology is frequently depicted as an invention of the councils of Nicaea and Chalcedon, centuries later. Yet recent research has shown that the earliest Jewish followers of Jesus already regarded him as divine ... Read more

    $39.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Jesus and the Last Supper

    by Brant Pitre ...
    Who did Jesus of Nazareth claim to be? What was his relationship to early Judaism? When and how did he expect the kingdom to come? What were his intentions? Though these key questions have been addressed in studies of the historical Jesus, Brant Pitre argues that they cannot be fully answered apart from a careful historical analysis of the Last Supper accounts. Yet these accounts, both by the ... Read more

    $55.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus