The Christ Is Jesus: Metamorphosis, Possession, And Johannine Christology

Pamela E. Kinlaw

Brill Academic Pub

2005

206 páginas

6h 52m

ISBN-13: 9789004137677

This book examines the divine-human union of Jesus Christ in the Gospel and the Epistles of John in light of ancient Mediterranean models of how gods were believed to appear on earth. The book argues that the possession model provides the basis for the Johannine contribution to incarnation.