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World Saviors and Messiahs of the Roman Empire, 28 Bce-135 Ce
Milo KearneyJames V. Zeitz
其他書名
The Soterial Age
出版Edwin Mellen Press, 2009
主題Religion / GeneralReligion / Christian Theology / ChristologyReligion / Theology
ISBN077344839X9780773448391
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ORNPAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋The first half of the book examines the past history of the contributing cultures in order to understand why this phenomenon occurred at this time and place. It reviews the expectations or prophecies of a coming World Savior in the Zoroastrian, Mithraic, Jewish, and Greco-Roman communities. Prophecies (actual or perceived) which dated the appearance of such a Savior are considered. The second half of the book looks at the acclaimed Roman, Jewish, Samaritan, and Greek Saviors of the Soterial Age itself. The question of why Jesus' followers eventually prevailed over the others is addressed, and the phenomenon is placed in a universal perspective with a review of soterial expectations in early religions around the globe. The book concludes with the impact of the soterial movement on the Roman Empire and later Western World.