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This outstanding book provides an in-depth historical study of the place of Jesus in the religious life, beliefs, and worship of Christians from the beginnings of the Christian movement down to the late second century. Lord Jesus Christ is a monumental work on earliest Christian devotion to Jesus. Larry Hurtado, widely respected for his previous contributions to the study of the New Testament and...

as the Kyrios, and also the liturgical greetings and benedictions referring to Jesus as Kyrios which Paul adapted to serve as letter openings and closings. We can illustrate this connection of the Kyrios title with worship contexts with a couple of representative passages. In 1 Corinthians 11:17–33 Paul issues directions over proper celebration of the Christian sacred meal, which he refers to as “the Lord’s supper” (kyriakon deipnon, 11:20), just as he refers to “the Lord’s cup” and “the Lord’s table”
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