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paperback - 178 pp
ISBN 0-8006-2076-3
Fortress Press

Editorial Review

Professor Hurtado traces the rise of ideas of Christ's divinity to Jewish sources.  He shows that Christians naturally relied on Jewish concepts of a principle angelic helper to God to understand the meaning of Jesus' mission.  As opposed to Philo and other Jews with concepts of divine mediator figures, Christians worshiped their mediator figure, thus ensuring an eventual break from Judaism.  Professor Hurtado has written one of the most interesting Christologies of the decade.

Alan F. Segal
Professor of History of Religions
Barnard College
Columbia University

This very informative, interesting, and revolutionary book gathers in a masterly manner the results of scholarly experts in many countries whoa rein some way forming a new "Religionsgeschichtliche Schule."  I know of few recent books which promote our understanding of early Christology so much as this volume.

Martin Hengel
University of Tübingen