New Testament Christology, Athanasian Apologetic, and Pagan Polemic
In the absence of full-scale credal formulae, New Testament authors wrote of Christ the god-man utilizing language applied to God in the Old Testament. In the effort to emphasize the divinity and uniqueness of Christ, the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews utilized three terms: katharos (10:22), d...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2018]
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 69, Issue: 1, Pages: 101-105 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hebrews
/ Christology
/ Athanasius Alexandrinus 295-373
/ Incarnation of Jesus Christ
/ Julian, Römisches Reich, Kaiser 331-363
/ Herakles
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| IxTheo Classification: | BE Greco-Roman religions CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBF Christology |
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| Summary: | In the absence of full-scale credal formulae, New Testament authors wrote of Christ the god-man utilizing language applied to God in the Old Testament. In the effort to emphasize the divinity and uniqueness of Christ, the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews utilized three terms: katharos (10:22), dēmiurgos (11:10), and dynatos (11:19), all part of an extended passage treating God's sacrifice and man's resulting salvation. This theme and language crops up again in Athanasius of Alexandria, employed to defend and explain the incarnation of Christ, and then once more in Julian the Apostate, employed to appropriate characteristics of Christ for his pagan Christ-parallel of Heracles. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flx231 |