Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 SOME PRE- AND POST-CHRISTIAN PARALLELS: AN ASSESSMENT OF THEIR SIGNIFICANCE; Chapter 3 ISAIAH 40.3 IN THE NEW TESTAMENT; Chapter 4 JOEL 2.32 [3.5]A IN THE NEW TESTAMENT; Chapter 5 OTHER IMPORTANT DATA; Chapter 6 SALVATION HISTORY, INVOCATION AND REVELATION OF GOD AND POINTS OF CONTACT BETWEEN ISAIAH 40.3 AND JOEL2.32[3.5]A; Chapter 7 CONCLUSIONS; Appendix CITATIONS AND ALLUSIONS ABOUT THE DIVINE APPLIED TO CHRIST; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors
Summary
This book discusses the first-century implications of applying Old Testament texts about the divine to Jesus. It summarizes recent views on the significance of this practice. It then collects pre-Christian and first-century Jewish parallels, and notices that most centre on the angel, wisdom, glory and word of the Lord, although application to non-divine figures also occurs. The evidence is that some Christians in the 50s worked with a redefinition of monotheism in which they included the Father and Jesus. Such a view explains the New Testament salvation-historical perspective in regard to the
Analysis
Christology
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-200) and indexes