Pre-Nicene Christology in Paschal Contexts: The Case of the Divine Noetic Anthropos

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by  Dragoş Andrei Giulea

Pre-Nicene Christology in Paschal Contexts
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Pre-Nicene Christology in
Paschal Contexts
The Case of the Divine Noetic Anthropos
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DragoşAndreiGiulea
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2014
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements..................................................... xiii
Abbreviations........................................................... xv
Introduction:TheoreticalAimsandMethods .......................... 1
1 PaschaandDivineAnthropos:TheQuestforRootsand
Meanings ..................................................... 1
2 TheEarliestPaschalDocumentsandTheirContext .......... 6
3 ThePresentStatusoftheProblem ............................ 10
4 TheStatementofProcedureorMethodology................. 12
PARTONE
THEDIVINEANTHROPOSOFTHEPRE-NICENEPASCHALTEXTS
IntroductiontoPartOne ............................................... 19
I TheDivineAnthroposThemeinPre-NicenePaschalMaterials... 23
1 MelitoofSardis ............................................... 24
2 Pseudo-Hippolytus............................................ 29
3 OrigenofAlexandria.......................................... 34
4 MethodiusofOlympus........................................ 37
5 Conclusion.................................................... 39
II TheRootsofthe“DivineAnthropos”Tradition.................... 41
A TheSonofMan.................................................... 41
1 YahwehasKingofGloryandDivineWarrior.................. 41
2 TheAncientofDays,theSonofMan,andTheirHuman
Likeness....................................................... 44
B TheArchetypalAnthropos ........................................ 48
1 TheLuminousAdamofSecondTempleLiterature ........... 51
2 PhiloandtheInventionoftheTwoAdams ................... 56
A Philo’sLogos-Anthropos.................................. 56
B TheHeavenlyManasAdam’sNoeticParadigm........... 58
3 PaulandtheSynthesisbetweentheSonofManandthe
HypostasizedDivineImage ................................... 61
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4 Paul’sHeavenlyAnthropos.................................... 64
5 PrimordialAdamasDemiurgeinPoimandres ................ 67
6 TheArchetypalAnthroposofGnosticism..................... 72
7 Conclusion.................................................... 81
SummaryofPartOne................................................... 85
PARTTWO
PASCHALCHRISTOLOGIESANDSOTERIOLOGIES
IntroductiontoPartTwo ............................................... 89
III Glory/KabodChristologyandSoteriology......................... 93
1 GlorySoteriologyatthePaschalFestivalsofAsiaMinor ...... 94
2 PassoverNightandRabbinicExpectationsoftheDivine
Glory.......................................................... 96
3 TheOriginsofKabodSoteriology ............................. 99
4 TheSecondTemplePassoverandtheExpectationofthe
DivineLight................................................... 104
5 TheMediationoftheNewTestament:IdentifyingChrist
withtheDivineGlory(Kabod)................................ 107
6 Conclusion.................................................... 109
IV JesusasHighPriestandLordofHosts(YahwehSabaoth):
LiturgicalSoteriology.............................................. 111
1 MelitoofSardis ............................................... 111
2 Pseudo-Hippolytus............................................ 113
3 OrigenofAlexandria.......................................... 116
4 LiturgicalSoteriologyattheTempleinJerusalem............. 118
5 LiturgicalSoteriologyinSecondTempleandRabbinicTexts 122
6 Conclusion.................................................... 124
V EikonicChristologyandSoteriology............................... 127
A PaschalMaterials.................................................. 127
1 Melito’s“Idiocy”andtheSalvationofGod’sEarthlyEikon .... 128
2 Pseudo-Hippolytus............................................ 131
A Christ,theHeavenlyEikonWhichSavesHisEarthly
Eikon...................................................... 131
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B TheMysticWhoBecomesChrist,theCosmic
Anthropos ................................................ 133
3 Tertullian...................................................... 134
4 MethodiusofOlympus........................................ 136
5 Conclusion.................................................... 137
B PaulandtheRootsofEikonicChristologyandSoteriology ........ 138
1 EikonicAnthropology:AdamasImageofGodortheRoyal
AdamofthePriestlySource................................... 138
2 Pnoetico-PsychicAnthropology:TheAdamofMudand
“Spirit” ........................................................ 140
3 Eschatological“NewCreation”inSecondTempleand
Post-TempleMaterials ........................................ 141
4 TheEschatologicalRe-CreationoftheHumanBeingin
SecondTempleLiterature..................................... 147
5 TheAdamofGloryandtheGloryoftheEschatological
HumanBeing ................................................. 150
6 PaulineEikonicSoteriology ................................... 153
7 Conclusion.................................................... 157
VI DivineWarriorChristologyandtheSoteriologyoftheDivine
Combat............................................................ 159
1 MelitoofSardis:ThePaschalChristasDivineWarrior........ 160
2 Pseudo-Hippolytus:PaschalLiturgyandtheConsumption
ofChrist’sNoeticBody........................................ 161
3 OrigenofAlexandria:ConsumingNoeticallytheNoetic
BodyofChrist................................................. 164
4 Pseudo-Chrysostom:IngestingChrist’sPaschalBody......... 168
5 DivineCombatandPrimevalRitualsintheBibleand
AncientNearEast............................................. 170
6 TheMetamorphosesoftheCombatMythinJewishand
ChristianContexts ............................................ 178
7 TheDivineWarriorMythintheHallelPsalmsandPsalm24 181
8 Conclusion.................................................... 184
SummaryofPartTwo................................................... 187