A case for the divinity of Jesus : examining the earliest evidence /
Overman, Dean L,
A case for the divinity of Jesus : examining the earliest evidence / [print] Dean L. Overman. - Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield Publishers : (c)2010. - xxvii, 323 pages ; 24 cm.
Distributor from jacket flap.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : I will examine evidence concerning Jesus of Nazareth because of the uniqueness of the claims associated with His life and death -- Worship patterns in the very earliest church indicate an immediate veneration of Jesus as divine following His crucifixion -- In the Synoptic and Johannine gospels, Jesus used the term "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 -- Reliability of the canonical gospel accounts is supported by the historical evidence -- The means of communication of the gospel was through a reliable oral gospel tradition -- The resurrection is a plausible event -- The new and old gnosticism are based on fantasies, not on historical events -- One cannot logically maintain that all religions describe a path to the same reality -- How should one engage a person of another faith concerning diverse religious beliefs?
Whether Jesus was really the Son of God or not is a central question for Christians
9781442203228 9781442201101 9780742563278
2009015660
Jesus Christ--Divinity.
BT216.O96.O947 2010 BT216
A case for the divinity of Jesus : examining the earliest evidence / [print] Dean L. Overman. - Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield Publishers : (c)2010. - xxvii, 323 pages ; 24 cm.
Distributor from jacket flap.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : I will examine evidence concerning Jesus of Nazareth because of the uniqueness of the claims associated with His life and death -- Worship patterns in the very earliest church indicate an immediate veneration of Jesus as divine following His crucifixion -- In the Synoptic and Johannine gospels, Jesus used the term "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 -- Reliability of the canonical gospel accounts is supported by the historical evidence -- The means of communication of the gospel was through a reliable oral gospel tradition -- The resurrection is a plausible event -- The new and old gnosticism are based on fantasies, not on historical events -- One cannot logically maintain that all religions describe a path to the same reality -- How should one engage a person of another faith concerning diverse religious beliefs?
Whether Jesus was really the Son of God or not is a central question for Christians
9781442203228 9781442201101 9780742563278
2009015660
Jesus Christ--Divinity.
BT216.O96.O947 2010 BT216