Jesus and Divine Christology

by Brant Pitre

Did Jesus see himself as divine?

Since the beginning of the quest for the historical Jesus, scholars have dismissed the idea that Jesus could have identified himself as God. Such high Christology is frequently depicted as an invention of the councils of Nicaea and Chalcedon, centuries later. Yet recent research has shown that the earliest Jewish followers of Jesus already regarded him as divine.

Brant Pitre tackles this paradox...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802875122
• ISBN13: 9780802875129
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 416 Pages