How to Make Sense of Jesus' Divine Claims
Do you ever wonder if Jesus really claimed to be God? Maybe you've heard people say, ‘Jesus never said he was God, ‘ or you've been asked, ‘Why believe Jesus is divine if he never claimed it?’ These challenges aren’t just from non-Christians—they show up in church, too. Even if you’re not coming from a place of skepticism, you might still question how well church teachings about Jesus match up with what he actually said. So, did the historical Jesus really claim to be divine?
This book is here to give you confidence in the historicity of Jesus’ claim to divinity. It’s designed to help you explain your faith in a world that increasingly doubts the Bible’s portrayal of Jesus. Instead of focusing on what Jesus’ followers believed, this book takes a different approach—it looks at what Jesus’ enemies thought. How did they interpret his words and actions? Their perspective can help you understand the historical validity of Jesus’ divine claim.
In this book, biblical scholar Mikel Del Rosario
— uses historiography to examine claims about Jesus' divinity,
— analyzes ancient Greco-Roman, Jewish, and biblical sources to understand how Jesus' words and actions were interpreted by his adversaries and followers, and
— argues that Jesus claimed divine authority, a claim supported by strong historical evidence.If you’re a Christian, this book will equip you to defend your faith against theories that suggest Jesus only claimed human authority, not divine. If you’re someone who sees Christianity differently, this book offers a serious investigation into the claims of the historical Jesus, providing evidence that any theory of his identity must address. Whether you’re searching for answers to your own questions or trying to share about Jesus with others, this book will help you communicate Jesus’ divine claim with clarity and confidence.
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Foreword by Darrell L. Bock
Introduction: More Than a Man?
Part I: Person of Interest: Investigating Jesus as a Figure in Ancient History
1. Let’s Make History: How Historians Discover Past Events
2. Rules of Evidence: Investigating the Historical Jesus
Part II: The First Blasphemy Accusation Scene: How Jesus Claimed to Have Divine Authority to Forgive Sins
The Healing of the Paralytic (Mark 2:1-12)
3. The Core Scene: A Miraculous Healing
4. A Blasphemy Accusation: Who Can Forgive Sins?
5. A Divine Claim: Authority to Forgive on Earth
Part III: The Second Blasphemy Accusation Scene: How Jesus Claimed to Have Divine Authority to Judge Sins
Jesus’ Jewish Examination (Mark 14:53-65)
6. The Core Scene: A Legal Investigation
7. Questioning Jesus: Who Do You Think You Are?
8. A Blasphemy Accusation: You Can’t Judge Me!
9. A Divine Claim: Authority to Judge in Heaven
Part IV: Battle of the Views: Testing Key Explanations of Jesus’ Claims in the Blasphemy Accusation Scenes
10. Limited Authority Over Some of Reality
11. Total Power: Authority Over All of Reality
12. Conclusion: How Jesus Said He Was God
Glossary
Bibliography
Об авторе
Darrell L. Bock (Ph.D., Aberdeen) is research professor of New Testament studies and professor of spiritual development and culture at Dallas Theological Seminary in Dallas, Texas. He has written the monograph Blasphemy and Exaltation in Judaism and the Final Examination of Jesus and volumes on Luke in both the Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament and the IVP New Testament Commentary Series. Bock is a past president of the Evangelical Theological Society. He serves as a corresponding editor for Christianity Today, and he has published articles in Los Angeles Times and the Dallas Morning News.
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