Christ as Creator: Origins of a New Testament Doctrine

by Sean McDonough and Sean M. McDonough

This book examines the New Testament teaching that Christ was the one through whom God made the world. While scholars usually interpret this doctrine as arising from the equation of Jesus and the Wisdom of God, Sean McDonough argues that it had its roots in the church's memories of Jesus' miracles. These memories, coupled with the experience of spiritual renewal in the early church, established Jesus as the definitive agent of God's new creation in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199576475
• ISBN13: 9780199576470
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.5"