M David Litwa

Desiring Divinity

Self-Deification in Early Jewish and Christian Mythmaking

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Produktbeschreibung

Perhaps no declaration incites more outrage than a human's claim to be God. Those who make this claim in ancient Jewish and Christian mythology are typically either demonized or deified.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780190467166
• ISBN-10: 0190467169
• Artikelnr.: 47867955

Autorenporträt

M. David Litwa earned his Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of Virginia (2013). He has taught in the Classics departments of the University of Virginia and the College of William & Mary. His most recent books include Iesus Deus: The Early Christian Depiction of Jesus as a Mediterranean God (2014) and a new edition of the Refutation of all Heresies: Text, Translation, and Notes (2015).

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction: Types of Self-deification Mythology
* PART I: The Self-deifying Rebel
* Chapter 1 "I am a God." The Primal Human as Primeval Self-deifier
* Chapter 2 "I Will Be Like the Most High!" The Self-deification of
Helel
* Chapter 3 "I am God and there is No Other!" The Boast of Yaldabaoth
* PART II: The Self-deifying Hero
* Chapter 4 "I and the Father are One." The Self-deification of Jesus
in John
* Chapter 5 "I and You are One." Simon of Samaria as Hero and Heretic
* Chapter 6 "I Became Divine." Allogenes and Gnostic Self-deification
* Conclusion The Many Myths of Self-deification