Christ as Creator

• A fresh and challenging look at the New Testament doctrine of Christ's mediating role in Creation
• Addresses an emerging area of current Christological research
• Careful biblical exegesis clearly explores the origins of the doctrine
• Engages with the philosophical context of Early Christianity
• Discusses the work of major patristic and modern theologians on this topic

Readership: Scholars and Students of Christology; of New Testament Studies; of historical theology

Sean M. McDonough, Associate Professor of New Testament, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

1: Introduction
2: Memories of Jesus: Creation in the Gospels
3: Creation and the Moral Order
4: Creation: The Beginning of Messianic Dominion
5: Only Connect: Creation and Meditation in the Hellenistic World
6: The Problem of Philo
7: Through Whom? Messianic and Demonic Mediation in 1 Corinthians 8-10
8: Old Dominion: Creation in Colossians
9: 'In the beginning, Lord...': The Contribution of Hebrews
10: Union in Labor: Creation through the Son in the Gospel of John
11: Jesus and Genesis: Tentative Steps Towards Theology