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PREFACE INTRODUCTION PART I: ISSUES AND APPROACHES How on Earth Did Jesus Become a God? Approaches to Jesus-Devotion in Earliest Christianity Devotion to Jesus and Second-Temple Jewish Monotheistic Piety To Live and Die for Jesus: Social and Political Consequences of Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity A Case Study in Early Christian Devotion to Jesus: Philippians 2:6-11 PART II: DEFINITIONS AND DEFENSE First-Century Jewish Monotheism Homage to the Historical Jesus and Early Christian Devotion Early Jewish Opposition to Jesus-Devotion Religious Experience and Religious Innovation in the New Testament EPILOGUE APPENDIX 1: Opening Remarks to the First Deichmann Annual Lecture Series Horst-Heinz Deichmann APPENDIX 2: Are There Good Reasons for Studying Early Christian Literature at Ben-Gurion University? Roland Deines INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS INDEX OF SUBJECTS INDEX OF SCRIPTURE AND OTHER ANCIENT SOURCES

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