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In my last couple of posts I've talked about how the King of Israel could, oddly enough, be called "God." That seems contrary to what we think of ancient Judaism, where only God can be God. But it helps explain why later Christians could call Jesus God. There was precedent for a human to be [...]
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In my previous post I showed that beings other than God could be called God in the Old Testament and other ancient Jewish literature. It seems strange, but there it is. I continue now with an especially important case in point: the king of Israel. In this case there is not a lot of ambiguity [...]
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In my previous post I showed how Jews could and did conceive of humans who became super-human beings -- angels. But that's a far cry from thinking humans could be GOD! And yet the Jewish followers of Jesus claimed that's what he was. How'd that work exactly? That may come as a surprise: Jews who [...]
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One of the questions I regularly get is how we can imagine that Jews -- specifically, the Jewish followers of Jesus after his death -- could possibly imagine that he had become God. They were monotheists. How could someone in addition to God be or become God? That maybe makes sense in pagan circles, where [...]
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Gold and Platinum Members, the date for the August Q&A is in the books. Bart will be answering your questions live on Saturday August 15th at 3pm Eastern. During the first half of the session, Bart will answer questions submitted in advance. Please send your question to [email protected] no later than Thursday August 13th. For [...]
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