Jesus the Eternal Son : Answering Adoptionist Christology.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Christology and Christian Origins -- The Birth of Christology -- Adoptionism -- The Goal of this Book -- 2. Appointed the Son of God by Resurrection from the Dead -- The Son of God in Power: Romans 1:3-4 -- This Jesus Made Lord and Messiah: Acts 2:36 (with 5:31 and 13:33) -- Conclusion -- 3. The Gospel of Mark, Monotheism, and Deification -- Debates about Markan Christology -- Exalted Heroes and Deified Emperors in the Greco-Roman World -- Monotheism and Divinized Humans -- Conclusion -- 4. The Gospel of Mark and the Son of God -- The Markan Baptismal Scene -- Mark's Divine Christology -- Parallels and Markan Christology -- Conclusion -- 5. How Jesus Got Adopted in the Second Century -- The Shepherd and His Two Sons -- The Ebionites: Poor Man's Christology -- Theodotus of Byzantium: Jesus Finally Gets Adopted -- Conclusion -- 6. Adoptionism: Then and Now -- Bibliography -- Index of Names and Subjects -- Index of Ancient Sources.

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