A case for the divinity of Jesus
Subtitle: examining the earliest evidence
By: Dean L. Overman.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781442203228; 9781442201101
Subjects: Jesus Christ -- Divinity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : I will examine evidence concerning Jesus of Nazareth because of the uniqueness of the claims associated with his life and death; title: Worship patterns in the very earliest church indicate an immediate veneration of Jesus as divine following his crucifixion; title: 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; title: Reliability of the canonical gospel accounts is supported by the historical evidence; title: The means of communication of the gospel was through a reliable oral gospel tradition; title: The resurrection is a plausible event; title: The new and old gnosticism are based on fantasies, not on historical events; title: One cannot logically maintain that all religions describe a path to the same reality; title: How should one engage a person of another faith concerning diverse religious beliefs?; title: Appendixes.; title: The following passages may be hymnic, creedal, or, in a few instances, Old Testament quotations; title: Bart Ehrman's recently published Jesus Interrupted is contradicted by the conclusions of his mentor, Bruce M. Metzger; title: About the author