World Saviors and Messiahs of the Roman Empire, 28 bce-135 ce : the soterial age /
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| Author / Creator: | Kearney, Milo. |
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| Imprint: | Lewiston, NY : Edwin Mellen Press, c2009. |
| Description: | iii, 414 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7798140 |
Table of Contents:
- The preparation for the Soterial Age. Why the Soterial Age occurred when it did ; The Zoroastrian and Mithraic Soterial expectations ; The Jewish Soterial expectations
- The Greco-Roman Soterial expectations
- The prophetic dating of the death of an anointed one
- The prophetic dating of the birth of the World Savior
- The coming of the Soterial Age. The first soterial claimants ; The peaceful claimants from Palestine in the 30s CE ; The peak period of Roman claimants ; The peak period of Greek claimants ; Why Jesus' followers prevailed ; The universal setting of the Soterial Age.