Introduction: The Logic and History of Deification in Pauline Research

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xi
4. Abbreviations xv
5. Introduction: The Logic and History of Deification in Pauline Research 1
6. Part I: The Context of Deification in Paul
7. Chapter 1: What is a God? Defining Divinity in the Greco-Roman World 37
8. Chapter 2: Survey of Deification: Assimilation to Specific Deities 58
9. Chapter 3: The Jewish Roots of Deification 86
10. Part II Sharing the Divine Identity
11. Chapter 4: Divine Corporeality and the Pneumatic Body 119
12. Chapter 5: Divine Corporeality and Deification 152
13. Chapter 6: Deification and the Cosmic Rule of the Saints 172
14. Chapter 7: Paul and Moral Assimilation to God 193
15. Part III: Addressing the Challenges: Monotheism and Divine Transcendence
16. Chapter 8: Monotheism and Divine Multiplicity 229
17. Chapter 9: Creation and the Objection of Absolute Transcendence 258
18. Conclusion
19. Limitations and Clarifications 282
20. Results 299
21. Bibliography
22. Primary Sources 301
23. Secondary Sources 305
24. Subject Index 326