Angelomorphic Christology (1998 Gieschen), book

Angelomorphic Christology: Antecedents and Early Evidence is a book by Charles A. Gieschen.

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Abstract

<This study seeks to demonstrate 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 1st-century texts. Significant effort is devoted 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.>--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Leiden: Brill, 1998 (Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums, 42).

Online Reviews

• Review of Biblical Literature (2000) / Larry W. Hurtado

Table of contents

• Part I: Introduction
  • Prologue: Christ as an Angel?
  • 1. History of Research
  • 2. Nomenclature and Methodology
• Part II: Antecedents
  • 3. An Angelomorphic God
  • 4. Angelomorphic Divine Hypostases
  • 5. The Principal Named Angels
  • 6. Angelomorphic Humans
• Part III: Early Evidence
  • 7. Angelomorphic Christology at Nicea and Before
  • 8. The Pseudo-Clementines
  • 9. The Shepherd of Hermas
  • 10. The Ascension of Isaiah
  • 11. The Revelation to John
  • 12. The Gospel of John
  • 13. The Epistle to the Hebrews
  • 14. The Pauline Epistles
• Part IV: Conclusion
  • 15. Implications for the Study of Early Christology