The high priest and the temple
Subtitle: metaphorical depictions of Jesus in the letters of Ignatius of Antioch
By: Jonathon Lookadoo
Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe -- 473; Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament -- 473.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Tübingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9783161560712; 9783161560729
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Priesthood; Priesthood of Jesus Christ
Description: Back cover: Jonathon Lookadoo studies the high priestly and temple metaphors in Ignatius's letters and shows how Ignatius depicts Jesus and the church. He shows that Jesus functions as an intermediary between God the Father and the churches, which should be unified as God's temple.
Notes: Revised Ph.D. thesis at the University of Otago.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-326) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Points of departure; title: A brief outline of Ignatius's opponents; title: Jesus as high priest in Philadelphians; title: The temple in Philadelphians; title: The temple in Ephesians : part I; title: The temple in Ephesians : part II; title: The temple in Magnesians; title: Temple fragments and priestly shadows; title: The vistas we have reached.