Early Church Understandings of Jesus as the Female Divine

The Scandal of the Scandal of Particularity

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

Av Sally Douglas, Chris Keith

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Central to debates about Jesus is the issue of whether he uniquely embodies the divine. While this discussion continues unabated, both those who affirm and those who dismiss, Jesus' divinity regularly eclipse the reality that in many of the earliest strands of the Christian tradition when Jesus' divinity is proclaimed, Jesus is imaged as the female divine. Sally Douglas investigates these early texts, excavates the motivations for imaging Jesus as Woman Wisdom and the complex reasons that this began to be suppressed in the 2nd and 3rd centuries. The work concludes with an exploration of the powerful implications of engaging with the ancient proclamation of Jesus-Woman Wisdom in contemporary context.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-11-29
Mått154 x 232 x 8 mm
Vikt740 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieLibrary of New Testament Studies
Antal sidor240
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9780567685322

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A detailed yet accessible treatment of a complex issue in the history of Christian theology. Douglas has made a valuable contribution to continued discussions about use of language associated with the female divine in relationship to Jesus, demonstrating that such terminology and concepts are a valuable, early, and even essential part of the Christian tradition. Those wishing to explore the concepts of the female divine, Woman Wisdom, and the development of Christology in the first three centuries CE will find an excellent resource that presents and interprets the textual evidence with scholarly acumen and clarity of thought.