Theosis as Limitation: The Case of the Apocalypse and Martyrs
While a variety of scholars and theologians of the modern period have understood the doctrine of theosis as a Greek outgrowth of simpler Jewish seedlings, the apocalyptic and martyrological texts examined here suggest something of the opposite. In a theological environment when christological accura...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Έκδοση: |
2022
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| Στο/Στη: |
The journal of theological studies
Έτος: 2022, Τόμος: 73, Τεύχος: 2, Σελίδες: 487-515 |
| Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών: | B
Bibel. Offenbarung des Johannes
/ Jesus Christus
/ Θεοποίηση
/ Μάρτυρας (μοτίβο)
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| Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | HC Καινή Διαθήκη ΚΑΒ Εκκλησιαστική Ιστορία 30-500, Πρώιμος Χριστιανισμός ΝΒΚ Σωτηριολογία |
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| Σύνοψη: | While a variety of scholars and theologians of the modern period have understood the doctrine of theosis as a Greek outgrowth of simpler Jewish seedlings, the apocalyptic and martyrological texts examined here suggest something of the opposite. In a theological environment when christological accuracy was in its infancy and polytheistic motifs and heavenly hierarchies were common and unremarkable, John’s Apocalypse and early martyrologies themselves blurred the distinction between Christ and the martyrs to such a degree that the language of theosis—particularly after the waning of regular martyrdom—arose alongside the language of christological accuracy as a means to reel in and clarify problematic claims in more taxonomically sound ways. In other words, what the stabilization of orthodox Christology did for early, controversial views of Jesus, the stabilization of the language of theosis did for early, controversial views of the martyrs, who had often been worshipped alongside, if not in lieu of, Christ himself. The doctrine of theosis thus came to serve chiefly as a limitation on, rather than a simple outgrowth of, earlier soteriological claims. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flac081 |
