Robin Baker

Mesopotamian Civilization and the Origins of the New Testament

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Redefines conceptions of the New Testament's origins by illuminating the East's contribution to the formation of early Christology. This book provides a missing link between scholarship on the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East and scholarship on the New Testament and early Christianity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 506
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 772g
• ISBN-13: 9781009102018
• ISBN-10: 100910201X
• Artikelnr.: 70770581

Autorenporträt

Robin Baker is Emeritus Professor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of Winchester and a Fellow of University College London. He is the author of Hollow Men, Strange Women:  Riddles, Code and Otherness in the Book of Judges.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Religious Landscape of the Near East at the Turn of the Era
2. Channels of Transmission
3. New Testament Epistemology: A Reappraisal
4. Kingship
5. Ninurta, Nimrod, Abimelech and Christ: A Case Study of Mediated Influence
6. Marduk, Itar and Nabû and New Testament Christology
7. Blood-Lines, Omens and Festivals
8. Conclusions on the New Testament's Mesopotamian Legacy.