Introduction -- The Diversity of Messianic Expectations and Superhuman Messianism -- The Prevalence and Relevance of Messianism: Some Methodological Remarks -- What Makes a Divine Being God? Some Terminological Clarifications -- Selection of Sources -- 1 The Exaltation of Christ: Philippians 2:6-11 and Messianic Exaltation Texts -- Phil 2:6-11 and the Exaltation of Christ -- Blurring of the Lines in the Self-Glorification Hymn (4Q491c and Related Texts) -- Synthesis: Phil 2:6-11 and the Messianic Discourse of the Self-Glorification Hymn -- The Human-Angelic Melchizedek in the Midrash on Melchizedek (11Q13) -- Synthesis: Phil 2:6-11 and the Messianic Discourse in the Midrash on Melchizedek -- Conclusion -- 2 The Heavenly Christ: Mark 14:61-65 and Celestial Messianic Figures -- Christ as a Heavenly Being in Mark 14:61-65 -- The Epiphany of the Messiah in 4 Ezra -- Synthesis: Mark 14:61f. and the Messianic Discourse of 4 Ezra -- The Heavenly Messiah in the Reception History of Ps 110 -- Synthesis: "Sitting at the Right Hand of God" in Mark 14 and the Messianic Interpretation of Ps 110 -- Conclusion -- 3 The Virginal Conception of Christ: Luke 1:26- 38, Divine Sonship, and Miraculous Births -- The Announcement of Christ's Virginal Conception in Luke 1:26-38 -- The Messiah's Divine Birth -- Synthesis: Christ's Virginal Conception and the Messianic Interpretation of Isa 7:14-16 -- Divine Sonship in 4QSon of God (4Q246) and Early Jewish Messianism -- Synthesis: Jesus' Divine Sonship in Luke 1:26-38 and 4Q246 -- Conclusion -- 4 Christ the Enthroned Lamb: Revelation 4-5 and the Son of Man Seated on the Throne of Glory -- God and the Lamb Sharing the Divine Throne in Rev 4-5 -- The Elect Son of Man Sitting on the Throne of Glory in the Parables of Enoch -- Synthesis and Conclusion: The Enthroned Lamb in Rev 4-5 and 1 Enoch's Elect Son of Man -- 5 Christ the Divine Word: John's Prologue and the Destructive Power of Messiah's Utterance -- Christ as the Preexistent Divine Word in the Prologue of the Gospel of John -- Roots of the Johannine Logos Christology within Early Jewish Messiah Language -- Conclusion -- 6 Paths Not Taken: Angelic Messianism and Angelomorphic Christology -- Angelic Messianism -- Angelomorphic Christology -- 7 High Christology: A Contested Variant of Second Temple Messianism -- The Emergence of High Christology -- The Development of High Christology -- Climbing the Divine Pyramid -- The Divinity of Christ and the Historical Jesus -- The Contested Character of Early Christology -- The Distinctiveness of Early Christology -- The Parting of the Discourses -- Conclusion
Summary
"Demonstrates the extent to which the various high Christologies found in the New Testament should be read as an integral part of the diverse Jewish messianic discourse"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-225) and index
