God's equal : what can we know about Jesus' self-understanding? / Sigurd Grindheim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grindheim, Sigurd, 1968-

Series:

Library of New Testament studies ; 446.

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Library of New Testament studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Knowledge of his own divinity.

Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ's knowledge of his own divinity.

Jesus Christ--History of doctrines.

Jesus Christ--Historicity.

Historicity of Jesus Christ.

Bible. Gospels--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Gospels.

Son of God--History of doctrines.

Son of God.

Physical Description:

xviii, 270 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : T & T Clark, [2011]

Summary:

Grindheim (New Testament, Fjellhaug International U. College, Norway and Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology) argues that being God's greatest and final messenger was not sufficient justification for the radical upheaval Jesus sought to accomplish in the world. Only God himself could say and do what Jesus said and did, he says, which means that Jesus claimed to take God's place, to be God's equal. He illustrates with elements of the Synoptic Gospels in which Jesus appears to act in a role that the Jewish tradition reserves for God. His arrangement is topical rather than by passage, considering such matters as miracles, Jesus as the eschatological judge, his relationship to his disciples, his metaphorical self-descriptions, mediatory figures in Second Temple Judaism, Jesus as the son of Man, and God's new temple. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Subtitle on cover: What can we know about Jesus' self-understanding in the Synoptic Gospels?

Includes bibliographical references (pages [222]-248) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780567431110

0567431118

9780567443649

0567443647

9780567541079

056754107X

OCLC:

751821914