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Christ's Enthronement at God's Right Hand and Its Greco-Roman Cultural Context

by D. Clint Burnett

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: de Gruyter
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.7 cm

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Given the dearth of non-messianic interpretations of Psalm 110:1 in non-Christian Second Temple Jewish texts, why did it become such a widely used messianic prooftext in the New Testament and early Christianity? Previous attempts to answer this question have focused on why the earliest Christians first began to use Ps 110:1. The result is that these proposals do not provide an adequate explanation for why first century Christians living in the Greek East employed the verse and also applied it to Jesus's exaltation. I contend that two Greco-Roman politico-religious practices, royal and imperial temple and throne sharing--which were cross-cultural rewards that Greco-Roman communities bestowed on beneficent, pious, and divinely approved rulers--contributed to the widespread use of Ps 110:1 in earliest Christianity. This means that the earliest Christians interpreted Jesus's heavenly session as messianic and thus political, as well as religious, in nature.
Christ's Enthronement at God's Right Hand and Its Greco-Roman Cultural Context and Reflections On The Psalms
Reflections On The PsalmsChrist's Enthronement at God's Right Hand and Its Greco-Roman Cultural Context

  • Author

    D. Clint Burnett

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    de Gruyter

  • Published

    January 2021

  • Weight

    523g

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9783110691535

  • ISBN-10

    3110691531

  • Eden Code

    5292036

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