Son of God - Divine Sonship in Jewish and Christian Antiquity

An interdisciplinary exploration of the diverse discourse on divine sonship in ancient Jewish and Christian literature. Authors focus on a range of issues including messianism, deification, eschatological figures, Jesus, interreligious polemics, and the Roman and Jewish backgrounds of early Christian writers and the authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

About the author

Garrick V. Allen is Lecturer in New Testament at Dublin City University and Research Associate at the Department of Ancient and Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Pretoria.Kai Akagi is Lecturer of New Testament Studies at Japan Bible Academy.

Summary

An interdisciplinary exploration of the diverse discourse on divine sonship in ancient Jewish and Christian literature. Authors focus on a range of issues including messianism, deification, eschatological figures, Jesus, interreligious polemics, and the Roman and Jewish backgrounds of early Christian writers and the authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Product details

• Authors: Garrick V. Akagi Allen
• Assisted by: Kai Akagi (Editor), Garrick V. Allen (Editor), Madhavi Nevader (Editor), Paul Sloan (Editor)
• Publisher: Eisenbrauns publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781575069920
• ISBN: 978-1-57506-992-0
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Christian Theology / Christology, RELIGION / Judaism / Theology, Christianity, The historical Jesus, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament / General, Judaism: theology