What does it mean for Jesus to be "deified" in early Christian literature? Although the divinity of Jesus was a topic of profound and contested discussion in Christianity's early centuries, believers did not simply assert that Jesus was divine; in their literature, they depicted Jesus with the speci
IESUS DEUS, The Early Christian Depiction of Jesus as a Mediterranean God
โ Scribed by M. David Litwa
- Publisher
- Fortress Press
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 295
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
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includes Jesus as teacher and prophet
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