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Litwa, M. David,

Iesus deus the early Christian depiction of Jesus as a Mediterranean god / [electronic resource] : M. David Litwa. - Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014 Minneapolis [Minnesota] : Fortress Press, [2014] - 1 online resource (1 PDF (xi, 281 pages)) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-277) and index.

"Not through Semen, Surely": Luke and Plutarch on Divine Birth -- "From Where Was this Child Born?": Divine Children and the Infancy Gospel of Thomas -- Deus est iuvare: Miracle, Morals, and Euergetism in Origen's Contra Celsum -- "Light Was That Godhead": Transfiguration as Epiphany -- "We Worship One Who Rose from His Tomb": Resurrection and Deification -- The Name Above Every Name: Jesus and Greco-Roman Theonymy.

ISBN: 9781451479850 1451479859

Subjects--Personal Names:
Jesus Christ--Person and offices.
Jesus Christ--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BT198 / .L585 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 248.4