Monotheism and Christology in Greco-Roman Antiquity

Matthew V. Novenson, PhD (2010), Princeton Theological Seminary, is Senior Lecturer in New Testament and Christian Origins at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author, most recently, of The Grammar of Messianism (OUP, 2017). Contributors are Richard Bauckham, Jan N. Bremmer, David B. Capes, April D. DeConick, Paula Fredriksen, Jörg Frey, Charles A. Gieschen, Larry W. Hurtado, Carey C. Newman, Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr, Matthew V. Novenson, Pheme Perkins.

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1 Introduction

 Matthew V. Novenson



2 The New religionsgeschichtliche Schule at Thirty: Observations by a Participant

 Larry W. Hurtado



3 The Universal Polytheism and the Case of the Jews

 Matthew V. Novenson



4 The Divine Name as a Characteristic of Divine Identity in Second-Temple Judaism and Early Christianity

 Charles A. Gieschen



5 Jesus’ Unique Relationship with YHWH in Biblical Exegesis: A Response to Recent Objections

 David B. Capes



6 God and Glory and Paul, Again: Divine Identity and Community Formation in the Early Jesus Movement

 Carey C. Newman



7 Confessing the Cosmic Christ (1 Corinthians 8:6 and Colossians 1:15–20)

 Richard Bauckham



8 One God, One Lord in the Epistle of James

 Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr



9 Between Jewish Monotheism and Proto-Trinitarian Relations: The Making and Character of Johannine Christology

 Jörg Frey



10 God and Christ in the Earlier Martyr Acts

 Jan N. Bremmer



11 Gnosis and the Tragedies of Wisdom: Sophia’s Story

 Pheme Perkins



12 The One God Is No Simple Matter

 April D. DeConick



13 How High Can Early High Christology Be?

 Paula Fredriksen



Index of Ancient Sources

Index of Modern Authors

Index of Subjects