Angelomorphic christology : : antecedents and early evidence / / by Charles A. Gieschen.

• Superior document: Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums, 42
• Author: Gieschen, Charles A.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 1998.
• Year of Publication: 1998
• Language: English
• Series: Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums 42.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 403 pages).
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; PROLOGUE: CHRIST AS AN ANGEL? /; HISTORY OF RESEARCH /; NOMENCLATURE AND METHODOLOGY /; AN ANGELOMORPHIC GOD /; ANGELOMORPHIC DIVINE HYPOSTASES /; THE PRINCIPAL NAMED ANGELS /; ANGELOMORPHIC HUMANS /; ANGELOMORPHIC CHRISTOLOGY AT NICEA AND BEFORE /; THE PSEUDO-CLEMENTINES /; THE SHEPHERD OF HERMAS /; THE ASCENSION OF ISAIAH /; THE REVELATION TO JOHN /; THE GOSPEL OF JOHN /; THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS /; THE PAULINE EPISTLES /; IMPLICATIONS FOR THE STUDY OF EARLY CHRISTOLOGY /; BIBLIOGRAPHY /; ANCIENT LITERATURE INDEX /; MODERN AUTHOR INDEX /; ARBEITEN ZUR GESCHICHTE DES ANTIKEN JUDENTUMS UND DES URCHRISTENTUMS /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 352-370) and indexes.
• ISBN: 9004332448
• ISSN: 0169-734X
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Charles A. Gieschen.

This study demonstrates that angel and angel-related traditions, especially those growing from the so-called "Angel of the Lord" in the Hebrew Bible, had a significant impact on the origins and early development of Christology to the point that an Angelomorphic Christology is discernable in several first century texts. Significant effort is given to tracing the antecedents of this Christology in the angels and divine hypostases of the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Jewish literature. The primary content of this volume is the presentation of pre-150 CE textual evidence of Angelomorphic Christology. This religio-historical study does not spawn a new Christology among the many scholarly "Christologies" already extant. Instead, it shows the interrelationship of various Christological trajectories and their adaptation from Jewish angelomorphic traditions.