.@Baylor_Press and the Library of Early Christology Series
I stumbled across a new series published by Baylor University Press over the summer while continuing research on Hebrews 1. The folks at Baylor University Press, led by Carey Newman, have joined with Mohr Siebeck, Brill, and Fortress to offer North American Reprints of sources that reflect "essential readings" on the early Christology debates in biblical studies to form the Library of Early Christology.
I have used a few of these already and was worried about how to use this reprint version when I have the older print versions documented. For example, I have used Charles Gieschen's Angelomorphic Christology, originally published with Brill. Gratefully and most helpfully, Baylor University Press has maintained the same page pagination and the LEC truly is a reprint service. I have found this to be the case in the other books in the series too.
Formerly expensive books by European publishing houses are now affordable to individual scholars through this American publishing house!
Series Introduction
The following is taken from the inside of each book:
Forty years ago, Larry Hurtado set out on a quest to undo the pervasive influence of Bousset's Kyrios Christos in "history of religions" discussions regarding early Christian belief, specifically its Christology. Over the course of his career, he drew various compatriots to the cause and so formed a "new history of religions school." This series is a collaborative effort between Carey Newman, April DeConick, David Capes, and Larry Hurtado to bring together representative works of that "school," with a focus on the study of early Christology and its historic, Judaic antecedents. Most of these are titles originally published by other publishers as part of a limited-run series. Baylor University Press has reached out to friends at Mohr Siebeck, Brill, and Fortress to secure North American print rights, and so bring these works to a new and wider audience. This series will be offered as an "essential reading" set with special appeal to seminary/religion students. We look forward to adding additional volumes to this library in the years ahead.
Available from the Library of Early Christology Series
- Wilhelm Bousset, Kyrios Christos: A History of the Belief from the Beginnings of Christianity to Irenaeus (Nashville: Abingdon, 1970). Baylor Reprint Information here.
- David B. Capes, Old Testament Yahweh Texts in Paul’s Christology (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1992). Baylor Reprint Information here.
- April D. DeConick, Seek to See Him: Ascent and Vision Mysticism in the Gospel of Thomas (Leiden: Brill, 1996). Baylor Reprint Information here.
- Jarl E. Fossum, The Name of God and the Angel of the Lord: Samaritan and Jewish Concepts of Intermediation and the Origin of Gnosticism (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1985). Baylor Reprint Information here.
- Charles A. Gieschen, Angelomorphic Christology: Antecedents and Early Evidence (Leiden: Brill, 1998). Baylor Reprint Information here.
- Martin Hengel, Between Jesus and Paul: Studies in the Early History of Christianity (London: SCM Press, 1983). Baylor Reprint Information here.
- Larry W. Hurtado, Ancient Jewish Monotheism and Early Christian Jesus-Devotion: The Context and Character of Christological Faith (a collection of 32 published articles). Baylor Reprint Information here.
- Donald H. Juel, Messianic Exegesis: Christological Interpretation of the Old Testament in Early Christianity (Fortress Press, 1988). Baylor Reprint Information here.
- Carey C. Newman, Paul’s Glory Christology: Tradition and Rhetoric (Leiden: Brill, 1992). Baylor Reprint Information here.
- Carey C. Newman, et al. eds. The Jewish Roots of Christological Monotheism: Papers from the St. Andrews Conference on the Historical Origins of the Worship of Jesus (Leiden: Brill, 1999). Baylor Reprint Information here.
- Alan F. Segal, The Other Judaisms of Late Antiquity 2nd. Ed. Baylor Reprint Edition Information here.
- Alan F. Segal, Two Powers in Heaven: Early Rabbinic Reports about Christianity and Gnosticism (Leiden: Brill, 2002). Baylor Reprint Edition Information here.
- Loren T. Stuckenbruck, Angel Veneration and Christology (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1995). Baylor Reprint Edition Information here.
