Proskynesis of Jesus in the New Testament

This book investigates the use of the Greek term proskuneo with Jesus as the object in the New Testament writings. Ray M. Lozano unpicks this interesting term and examines its capacity to express various degrees of reverence directed toward a superior: from a respectful greeting of an elder to homage paid to a king to cultic worship paid to a god. <br/><br/>Lozano then looks at the term in reference to Jesus in the New Testament writings and carefully considers whether Jesus is portrayed as receiving such reverence in a relatively weak sense as a merely human figure or in a relatively strong sense as a divine figure. Lozano highlights how scholars are divided over this issue and provides a fresh thorough examination of the New Testament material (Mark Matthew Luke-Acts John Hebrews and Revelation) and in so doing shows that each of these New Testament writings in their own unique ways presents Jesus as a divine figure-uniquely and closely linked to the God of Israel in making him an object of proskuneo.