Charles A. Gieschen

Honoring the Son

Theology

“Honoring the Son is a wonderfully clear distillation of decades of research and writing done by Larry Hurtado on the issue that he, more than any biblical scholar, has brought to prominence in the study of early Christology: devotional practice offered to Jesus along with God by monotheistic Jews within the first two decades of Christianity. Those readers who are unfamiliar with Hurtado will find here an introduction to this important subject that is accessible and succinct. This slim volume is packed with observations and conclusions that are both historically sound and theologically profound.”

Seeing the Lord's Glory

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Seeing the Lord's Glory is an important contribution to the study of the early Jesus movement in the milieu of Second Temple Judaism. Christopher Barina Kaiser examines this relationship from the vantage point of the phenomenon of kyriocentric visions—seeing the Lord—attested in prophetic, apocalyptic, and mystical currents of Judaism. The tradition that select individuals beheld the glory of God was uniformly applied to Jesus. This shift in focal point played a crucial role in grounding the divinity of Christ in the soil of Judaism. The book should be of interest not only to scholars but to all who are interested in the complex entanglement of these two religions." —Elliot R. Wolfson New York University "Christopher Barina Kaiser joins the ongoing conversation among several scholars of Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity who recognize the early confession of the deity of Jesus among Jewish Christians and also attempt to explain the historical complexities that allowed for such a confession. Kaiser examines Israelite and Jewish texts with divine appearances in a vision, postulates that similar kyriocentric visions among followers of Jesus led to the confession ‘the Lord is Jesus,’ and then seeks to demonstrate this thesis with early Christian evidence. This wide-ranging study will prompt much reflection on a central question of early Christianity.”