Christ Is Jesus: Metamorphosis, Possession, And Johannine Christology (Academia Biblica (Series) (Brill Academic Publishers), No. 18.) - Hardcover

Pamela E. Kinlaw

 
9789004137677: Christ Is Jesus: Metamorphosis, Possession, And Johannine Christology (Academia Biblica (Series) (Brill Academic Publishers), No. 18.)
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ISBN 10: 900413767X ISBN 13: 9789004137677
Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2005

Synopsis

This book examines the divine-human union of Jesus Christ in the Gospel and the Epistles of John in light of ancient Mediterranean models of how gods were believed to appear on earth. While the two primary models, metamorphosis and possession, are found by the author to be more complex than has been previously acknowledged, the book argues that the possession model provides the basis for the Johannine contribution to incarnation, which Kinlaw terms the "indwelling" model. This Johannine model adapts the concept of the temporary possession of a human being by a god to a model of permanent possession, thus making clear to that ancient audience how the divine and human can coexist in the person of Jesus.

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About the Author

Pamela E. Kinlaw, Ph.D. (2003) in New Testament, Baylor University, is Assistant Professor of Theology at Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, West Virginia.

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Publisher
Brill Academic Pub
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
900413767X
ISBN 13 
9789004137677
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
214

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