A Case for the Divinity of Jesus
eBook - PDF

A Case for the Divinity of Jesus

Examining the Earliest Evidence

  1. 353 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

A Case for the Divinity of Jesus

Examining the Earliest Evidence

About this book

Whether Jesus was really the Son of God or not is a central question for Christians—and one that has provoked heated debate since the time of Jesus' birth. Dean L. Overman examines the earliest Christian records to build a compelling case for the divinity of Jesus. Addressing questions raised by books such as Bart Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus and Elaine Pagels' The Gnostic Gospels, Overman builds a carefully reasoned case for Jesus truly being the Son of God.

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Information

Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Year
2009
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9798216319788
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Biblical Biography

Table of contents

  1. Abridged Contents
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Chapter 01. Introduction: I Will Examine Evidence Concerning Jesus of Nazareth Because of the Uniqueness of the Claims Associated with His Life and Death
  6. Chapter 02. Worship patterns in the very earliest church indicate an immediate veneration of Jesus as divine following his crucifixion.
  7. Chapter 03. In the Synoptic and Johannine gospels Jesus used theterm “I Am” (ego eimi), words that function as the name of God in the first century; hence his conviction for blasphemy in his trial before the Sanhedrin.
  8. Chapter 04. Reliability of the canonical gospel accounts issupported by the historical evidence
  9. Chapter 05. The means of communication of the gospel immediately after the crucifixion was through a reliable oral gospeltradition
  10. Chapter 06. The resurrection is a plausible event
  11. Chapter 07. The new and old gnosticism are based on fantasies, not on historical events
  12. Chapter 08. One cannot logically maintain that all religions describe a path to the same ultimate reality
  13. Chapter 09. How should one engage a person of another faith concerning diverse religious beliefs?
  14. Appendix A: The Following Passages May Be Hymnic, Creedal, or, in a Few Instances, Old Testament Quotations
  15. Appendix B: Bart Ehrman’s Recently Published Jesus Interrupted Is Contradicted by the Conclusions of Bruce M. Metzger
  16. Notes
  17. Selected Bibliography
  18. Index
  19. About the Author

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