Israel's God and Rebecca's Children

Methodologically sophisticated, engagingly written, and imaginatively provocative, this splendid volume advances the study of Early Judaism, Christian origins, and Jewish/Christian relations. --Amy-Jill Levine, Vanderbilt University Divinity School Christology is the theological centre of Christian faith. This volume addresses the main issues in this field through the words of internationally acknowledged leading scholars. It contains valuable information and insights and will give stimuli for further research and theological work. -- Martin Hengel, University of Tubingen This attractively bound volume is a fitting tribute to Hurtado and Segal,and we can hope that such spirited yet polite and even warm conversations canproliferate among scholars. Those interested in the contents of these essayswill value these substantive contributions. -- James M. Hamilton Jr., Southern Seminary -- Bulletin for Biblical Research

David B. Capes is Chair, Department of Christianity and Philosophy, Houston Baptist University. April D. DeConick is the Isla Carroll and Percy E. Turner Professor of Biblical Studies at Rice University. Helen K. Bond is Senior Lecturer in New Testament Language, Literature and Theology at the University of Edinburgh. Troy A. Miller is Associate Professor of Bible and Theology at Crichton College.

Introduction Larry Hurtado, Alan F. Segal PART ONE: RECONCEPTUALIZING CHRISTOLOGY AND COMMUNITY 1 How We Talk About Christology Matters, April DeConick 2 Mandatory Retirement: Ideas in the Study of Christian Origins Whose Time Has Come to Go, Paula Fredriksen 3 The ""Most High"" God and the Nature of Early Jewish Monotheism, Richard Bauckham 4 ""How on Earth Did Jesus Become a God?"": A Reply, Adela Yarbro Collins 5 Resurrection and Christology: Are They Related?, Pheme Perkins 6 Are Early New Testament Manuscripts Truly Abundant?, Eldon Jay Epp PART TWO: STUDIES IN CHRISTOLOGY 7 Prophetic Identity and Conflict in the Historic Ministry of Jesus, Maurice Casey 8 Pauline Exegesis and the Incarnate Christ, David B. Capes 9 Christophany as a Sign of ""the End"", Carey C. Newman 10 When Did the Understanding of Jesus' Death as an Atoning Sacrifice First Emerge?, James D. G. Dunn 11 Discarding the Seamless Robe: The High Priesthood of Jesus in John's Gospel, Helen K. Bond 12 Remembering and Revelation: The Historic and Glorified Jesus in the Gospel of John, Larry W. Hurtado 13 Jesus: ""The One Who Sees God"", Marianne Meye Thompson 14 The Lamb (Not the Man) on the Divine Throne, Charles Gieschen PART THREE: STUDIES IN COMMUNITY 15 The Promise of the Spirit of Life in the Book of Ezekiel, John R. Levison 16 Sadducees, Zadokites, and the Wisdom of Ben Sira, Jonathan Klawans 17 On the Changing Significance of the Sacred, Rachel Elior 18 Vespasian, Nerva, Jesus and Fiscus Judaicus, Paul Foster 19 Paul's Religious Experience in the Eyes of Jewish Scholars, Alan F. Segal 20 Liturgy and Communal Identity: Hellenistic Synagogal Prayer 5 and the Character of Early Syrian Christianity, Troy Miller 21 Anger, Reconcilliation, and Friendship in Matthew 5:21-26, John T. Fitzgerald List of Contributors