Paula Fredriksen is Professor of Scripture at Boston University and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Comparative Religion at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In her latest work When Christians Were Jews: The First Generation Fredriksen writes: ‘The Paul of history stands… Read More ›
The Issue of Worship One of the key questions in the debate about the divinity of Jesus has been whether he is worshiped in a way that “principal agents” of God are not (see Hurtado, How on Earth Did Jesus… Read More ›
The Revd Canon Professor Richard Burridge is a Church of England priest, biblical scholar and the former Dean of King’s College London. He writes: ‘To modern eyes, it is almost inevitable that theologians of the early Church will appear to… Read More ›
I recall from my days as an undergrad studying Christian theology that one of the most important ways in which second century theologians understood Jesus was as God’s Word – in Greek, logos, meaning speech or reason. The title is… Read More ›
Christ said, “Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, He will give it you”; this causes no difficulty if we take “Father” to mean God and if as Christ said the Father is “greater than the Son”. But… Read More ›
I have just heard the sad news that the great Jimmy Dunn has passed away! He was one the world’s greatest New Testament scholars and taught me more about the Bible (and especially Christology) than anyone else. A great loss! Just… Read More ›
Does God increase in wisdom? “For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.” (1 John 3:20) “And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man.” (Luke 2:52)… Read More ›
In the Bible, Jesus sometimes appears explicitly to deny that he is divine. Texts include, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone (Mark 10:18), and “The son can do nothing of his own accord,… Read More ›
Did the first Christians worship Jesus? A leading Christian New Testament scholar gives his careful assessment of the evidence.
I will first begin by looking at the very opening chapter of Mark, then moving on to following chapters. Now I know many of you are Muslims. And your presupposition is that Jesus is just a prophet, and not God…. Read More ›
