The Proskynesis of Jesus in the New Testament (Library of New Testament Studies | LNTS)

by Ray M. Lozano

Publisher:

T&T Clark

, 2019

Overview

This book investigates the use of the Greek term “proskuneo” with Jesus as the object in the New Testament writings. Ray M. Lozano unpicks this interesting term and examines its capacity to express various degrees of reverence directed toward a superior: from a respectful greeting of an elder, to homage paid to a king, to cultic worship paid to a god.

Lozano then looks at the term in reference to Jesus in the New Testament writings, and carefully considers whether Jesus is portrayed as receiving such reverence in a relatively weak sense, as a merely human figure, or in a relatively strong sense, as a divine figure. Lozano highlights how scholars are divided over this issue and provides a fresh, thorough examination of the New Testament material (Mark, Matthew, Luke-Acts, John, Hebrews, and Revelation) and, in so doing shows, that each of these New Testament writings, in their own unique ways, presents Jesus as a divine figure-uniquely and closely linked to the God of Israel in making him an object of “proskuneo.”

Key Features

• Begins study with a brief overview of προσκυνέω in the biblical, early Jewish, and Greco-Roman literature roughly contemporary with the NT to provide a sense of the various uses of the term at the time
• Presents a thorough examination of the προσκύνησις of Jesus (i.e., Jesus as an object of προσκυνέω) and of its significance within the confines of each NT writing that this phenomenon appears
• Offers a detailed exegetical and literary-critical analysis of NT works and their προσκύνησις of Jesus passages as a way of presenting a new approach of study on the topic

Contents

• Introduction
• A. Justification for This Study
• B. Approach of This Study
• C. Outline of This Study

• Proskyneo in the Cultural Context of the NT Writings
• The Proskynesis of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark
• The Proskynesis of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew
• The Proskynesis of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts
• The Proskynesis of Jesus in the Gospel of John
• The Proskynesis of Jesus in the Epistle to the Hebrews
• The Proskynesis of Jesus in the Book of Revelation
• Conclusion

Product Details

• Title: The Proskynesis of Jesus in the New Testament: A Study on the Significance of Jesus as an Object of “Proskuneo” in the New Testament Writings
• Author: Ray M. Lozano
• Series: Library of New Testament Studies
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Print Publication Date: 2019
• Logos Release Date: 2019
• Pages: 240
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• ISBNs: 9780567701466, 0567701468
• Resource ID: LLS:PRSKYNSSJTSTMNT
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-03-02T22:12:46Z

About Ray M. Lozano

Ray M. Lozano is Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies at Biola University, USA

 

 

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