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Desiring divinity : self-deification in early Jewish and Christian mythmaking / M. David Litwa

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Litwa, M. David
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Physical Description
x, 239 pages ; 25 cm

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Contents
Types of self-deification mythology -- The self-deifying rebel -- I am a god, the primal human as primeval self-deifier -- I will be like the most high! the self-deification of Helel -- I am God and there is no other! the boast of Yaldabaoth -- The self-deifying hero -- I and the Father are one, the self-deification of Jesus in John -- I and you are one, Simon of Samaria as hero and heretic -- I became divine, Allogenes and gnostic self-deification -- The many myths of self-deification.
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ISBN
9780190467166 hardcover ; alkaline paper
0190467169 hardcover ; alkaline paper
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-235) and index.
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