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| Preface | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Christ-Devotion | |
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| Explanations | |
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| A New religionsgeschichtliche Schule? | |
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| This Study | |
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| Forces and Factors | |
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| Jewish Monotheism | |
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| Was Jewish Religion Really Monotheistic? | |
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| The Nature of Jewish Monotheism | |
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| Monotheism in the New Testament | |
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| The Effects of Monotheism on Christ-Devotion | |
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| Jesus | |
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| Religious Experience | |
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| Revelatory Experiences in the New Testament | |
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| The Religious Environment | |
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| Summary | |
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| Early Pauline Christianity | |
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| Where to Begin? | |
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| Key Personal Factors | |
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| Paul's Jewishness | |
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| Paul the Convert | |
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| The Gentile Mission | |
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| Christological Language and Themes | |
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| Jesus as "Christ" | |
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| Jesus' Divine Sonship | |
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| Jesus as Lord | |
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| Preexistence | |
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| Jesus' Redemptive Death and Resurrection | |
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| Jesus as Example | |
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| Binitarian Worship | |
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| Early Origins | |
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| Worship | |
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| "Binitarian" | |
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| Summary | |
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| Judean Jewish Christianity | |
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| Pauline Evidence | |
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| Paul's Acquaintance with Judean Christianity | |
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| A Conspicuous Silence | |
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| Judean Christian Tradition in Paul's Letters | |
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| Judean Christ-Devotion in Acts | |
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| Christological Categories | |
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| Devotional Practice | |
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| Hellenists and Hebrews | |
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| Hellenists as "Proto-Paulinists" | |
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| Hellenists as Jewish Christians | |
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| Summary | |
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| Q and Early Devotion to Jesus | |
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| Untenable Options | |
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| Kloppenborg's View of Q's Christology | |
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| Historical Plausibility | |
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| An Inductive Approach | |
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| Is Q Peculiar? | |
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| The Argument from Silence | |
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| Devotion to Jesus in Q | |
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| Centrality of Jesus | |
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| Q's Narrative World and Jesus | |
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| Jesus the Polarizing Issue | |
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| Christological Terms | |
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| Religious Life in Q | |
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| Summary | |
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| Jesus Books | |
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| Shared Features of the Canonical Gospels | |
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| The Literary Genre of the Canonical Gospels | |
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| The Gospels and Early Christian Literature | |
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| The Gospels and Jewish Literature | |
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| The Roman-Era Literary Environment | |
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| The Synoptic Renditions of Jesus | |
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| Mark | |
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| Matthew | |
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| Luke | |
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| Summary | |
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| Crises and Christology in Johannine Christianity | |
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| Jesus in the Gospel of John | |
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| Some Literary Observations | |
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| Messiah and Son of God | |
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| Preexistence | |
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| "I Am" | |
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| The Son and the Father | |
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| Jesus as/and the Glory of God | |
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| Jesus as/and the Name of God | |
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| The Name of Jesus | |
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| Subordination and Distinction | |
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| Jesus and the Spirit | |
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| The Spirit and Johannine Christianity | |
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| Christology and Controversy | |
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| The Christological Crisis in Johannine Christianity | |
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| Characterization of the Opponents | |
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| The Christological Issue | |
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| Jesus as Heavenly Visitor | |
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| Jesus as Mystical Exemplar | |
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| Historical Results | |
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| Crises and Jesus-Devotion | |
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| Other Early Jesus Books | |
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| Jesus Books | |
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| Rumors | |
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| Secret Mark | |
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| Fragments | |
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| The Egerton Manuscript | |
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| Gospel of Peter | |
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| Infancy Gospels | |
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| Protevangelium of James | |
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| Infancy Gospel of Thomas | |
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| Gospel of Thomas | |
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| A Jesus Book | |
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| Literary Character | |
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| Secret Knowledge | |
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| Revisionist | |
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| Elitist | |
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| Jesus and "Thomistic" Christianity | |
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| Summary and Placement | |
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| Gospel of Thomas and Gospel of John | |
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| Revelation Dialogues | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Second Century - Importance and Tributaries | |
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| Christianity in the Second Century | |
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| Approach and Focus | |
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| Definitions | |
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| First-Century Tributaries | |
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| The Epistle to the Hebrews | |
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| Later Pauline Texts | |
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| Confluent Evidence | |
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| Radical Diversity | |
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| Valentinus and Valentinianism | |
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| "Valentinianism" in Irenaeus | |
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| Valentinian Innovations | |
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| Valentinian Piety | |
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| Nag Hammadi Texts | |
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| Gospel of Truth | |
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| Marcion | |
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| Summarizing Reflections | |
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| Proto-orthodox Devotion | |
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| Finding Jesus in the Old Testament | |
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| The Fourfold Gospel | |
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| Visions and Revelations | |
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| Revelation | |
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| Ascension of Isaiah | |
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| Shepherd of Hermas | |
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| Worship and Prayer | |
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| Outsiders and Critics | |
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| Hymnody | |
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| Prayer | |
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| Martyrdom | |
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| The Nomina Sacra | |
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| Doctrinal Developments | |
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| Jesus' Descent to Hades | |
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| Jesus, Man and God | |
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| The Divine Jesus and God | |
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| Thereafter | |
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| Bibliography of Works Cited | |
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| Indexes | |
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| Modern Authors | |
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| Subjects | |
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| Ancient Sources | |