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Brant James Pitre, '''Jesus and Divine Christology''' (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2024)
Brant James Pitre, '''Jesus and Divine Christology''' (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2024)


==== Abstract ====
== Abstract ==


"An examination and rebuttal of the critical consensus that Jesus of Nazareth did not predict or anticipate his post-death return"-- "In this pioneering study of Scripture and reception history, Tucker S. Ferda shows that the hope for Jesus's second coming originated in his own message about the coming of the kingdom after a time of distress. Most historical Jesus scholars take for granted that Jesus's second coming was invented by his zealous early followers. In Jesus and His Promised Second Coming, Tucker S. Ferda challenges this critical consensus. Using innovative methodology, Ferda works backward through reception history to Paul and the Gospels to argue that the hope for the second coming originated in Jesus's own grappling with the prospect of death and his conviction that the kingdom was near; he expected a return that would coincide with the final judgment and the end of the age within the space of a generation. Ferda also makes a major contribution to the reception history of the Bible, shedding light on how Christians distinguished themselves from Judaism by deriding "Jewish messianism" as earthly minded and militaristic. In the early modern period, critics found an expedient way to distance Jesus from this caricature of "Jewish messianism": they pinned the expectation for the second coming on Jesus's early followers. A new appreciation for the diversity of Judaism and messianism in the Second Temple period makes possible a fresh reconstruction of Jesus. Bold and historically astute, Jesus and His Promised Second Coming breathes new life into a long-stagnant conversation. It also offers readers fresh insight into the history of Jewish-Christian relations. Students and scholars of the New Testament will need to read and engage with Ferda's provocative argument"--
"Brant Pitre argues that the historical Jesus saw himself as divine, leading to the emergence of high Christology among his early followers"-- "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 in his bold new monograph. Pitre challenges this widespread assumption and makes a robust case that Jesus did consider himself divine. Carefully explicating the Gospels in the context of Second Temple Judaism, Pitre shows how Jesus used riddles, questions, and scriptural allusions to reveal the apocalyptic secret of his divinity. Moreover, Pitre explains how Jesus acts as if he is divine in both the Synoptics and the Gospel of John. Carefully weighing the historical evidence, Pitre argues that the origins of early high Christology can be traced to the historical Jesus's words and actions. 'Jesus and divine Christology' sheds light on long-neglected yet key evidence that the historical Jesus saw himself as divine. Scholars and students of the New Testament--and anyone curious about the Jewish context of early Christianity--will find Pitre's argument a necessary and provocative corrective to a critically underexamined topic."--


==== Abstract ====
== Contents ==
 
"An examination and rebuttal of the critical consensus that Jesus of Nazareth did not predict or anticipate his post-death return"-- "In this pioneering study of Scripture and reception history, Tucker S. Ferda shows that the hope for Jesus's second coming originated in his own message about the coming of the kingdom after a time of distress. Most historical Jesus scholars take for granted that Jesus's second coming was invented by his zealous early followers. In Jesus and His Promised Second Coming, Tucker S. Ferda challenges this critical consensus. Using innovative methodology, Ferda works backward through reception history to Paul and the Gospels to argue that the hope for the second coming originated in Jesus's own grappling with the prospect of death and his conviction that the kingdom was near; he expected a return that would coincide with the final judgment and the end of the age within the space of a generation. Ferda also makes a major contribution to the reception history of the Bible, shedding light on how Christians distinguished themselves from Judaism by deriding "Jewish messianism" as earthly minded and militaristic. In the early modern period, critics found an expedient way to distance Jesus from this caricature of "Jewish messianism": they pinned the expectation for the second coming on Jesus's early followers. A new appreciation for the diversity of Judaism and messianism in the Second Temple period makes possible a fresh reconstruction of Jesus. Bold and historically astute, Jesus and His Promised Second Coming breathes new life into a long-stagnant conversation. It also offers readers fresh insight into the history of Jewish-Christian relations. Students and scholars of the New Testament will need to read and engage with Ferda's provocative argument"--
 
==== Contents ====


1. The quest and Jesus's divinity. The historical Jesus ; Early high Christology ; Four historical warrants ; Method of proceeding -- 2. The epiphany miracles. The miracles of Jesus ; Stilling the storm ; Walking on the sea ; The transfiguration -- 3. The riddles of Jesus's divinity. The teacher of parables ; Greater than father or mother ; No one is good but God ; The riddle of David's Lord -- 4. The apocalyptic secret. The apocalyptic Jesus ; The heavenly Son of Man ; The question of John the Baptist ; The apocalyptic "thunderbolt" -- 5. Crucified for blasphemy. The criterion of execution ; They picked up stones ; You make yourself God ; The charge of blasphemy -- 6. Implications. Ex nihilo nihil fit ; Early divine Christology ; The parting of the ways ; The long road to Nicaea.
1. The quest and Jesus's divinity. The historical Jesus ; Early high Christology ; Four historical warrants ; Method of proceeding -- 2. The epiphany miracles. The miracles of Jesus ; Stilling the storm ; Walking on the sea ; The transfiguration -- 3. The riddles of Jesus's divinity. The teacher of parables ; Greater than father or mother ; No one is good but God ; The riddle of David's Lord -- 4. The apocalyptic secret. The apocalyptic Jesus ; The heavenly Son of Man ; The question of John the Baptist ; The apocalyptic "thunderbolt" -- 5. Crucified for blasphemy. The criterion of execution ; They picked up stones ; You make yourself God ; The charge of blasphemy -- 6. Implications. Ex nihilo nihil fit ; Early divine Christology ; The parting of the ways ; The long road to Nicaea.

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Brant James Pitre, Jesus and Divine Christology (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2024)

Abstract

"Brant Pitre argues that the historical Jesus saw himself as divine, leading to the emergence of high Christology among his early followers"-- "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 in his bold new monograph. Pitre challenges this widespread assumption and makes a robust case that Jesus did consider himself divine. Carefully explicating the Gospels in the context of Second Temple Judaism, Pitre shows how Jesus used riddles, questions, and scriptural allusions to reveal the apocalyptic secret of his divinity. Moreover, Pitre explains how Jesus acts as if he is divine in both the Synoptics and the Gospel of John. Carefully weighing the historical evidence, Pitre argues that the origins of early high Christology can be traced to the historical Jesus's words and actions. 'Jesus and divine Christology' sheds light on long-neglected yet key evidence that the historical Jesus saw himself as divine. Scholars and students of the New Testament--and anyone curious about the Jewish context of early Christianity--will find Pitre's argument a necessary and provocative corrective to a critically underexamined topic."--

Contents

1. The quest and Jesus's divinity. The historical Jesus ; Early high Christology ; Four historical warrants ; Method of proceeding -- 2. The epiphany miracles. The miracles of Jesus ; Stilling the storm ; Walking on the sea ; The transfiguration -- 3. The riddles of Jesus's divinity. The teacher of parables ; Greater than father or mother ; No one is good but God ; The riddle of David's Lord -- 4. The apocalyptic secret. The apocalyptic Jesus ; The heavenly Son of Man ; The question of John the Baptist ; The apocalyptic "thunderbolt" -- 5. Crucified for blasphemy. The criterion of execution ; They picked up stones ; You make yourself God ; The charge of blasphemy -- 6. Implications. Ex nihilo nihil fit ; Early divine Christology ; The parting of the ways ; The long road to Nicaea.

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