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Did The First Christians Worship Jesus As Divine? (Within 20 years, the answer seems to be yes)

1/4/2013

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Significant Works That Answer 'Yes':
http://www.amazon.com/How-Earth-Did-Jesus-Become/dp/0802828612/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357344695&sr=1-2&keywords=larry+hurtado

http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-God-Israel-Testaments-Christology/dp/0802845592/ref=pd_sim_b_2

Significant Works That Would Want To Qualify The Above Two Works A Bit:
http://www.amazon.com/Did-First-Christians-Worship-Jesus/dp/0664231969/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357344843&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=james+dg+dunn+did+the+first

http://www.amazon.com/King-Messiah-Son-God-Literature/dp/0802807720/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357344891&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=yarbro+collins+royal+messiah
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Is An Apocalyptic Jesus Irrelevant Or Non-Applicable To The 21st Century? Yes and No; Mostly No.

1/4/2013

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http://www.amazon.com/Eschatology-ethics-teaching-Jesus-Wilder/dp/B0000CHLTQ/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357333921&sr=1-3&keywords=amos+wilder+eschatology+and+ethics
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Is There A High Ethic That Can Be Derived From The NT For Today (Even If We Take Middle Of The Road Scholarship Instead of Evangelical Scholarship As Our Heuristic)? Looks like there is.

12/28/2012

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A leading expert in New Testament ethics discovers in the biblical witness a unified ethical vision -- centered in the themes of community, cross and new creation -- that has profound relevance in today′s world. Richard Hays shows how the New Testament provides moral guidance on the most troubling ethical issues of our time, including violence, divorce, homosexuality and abortion.

Link:  http://www.amazon.com/Moral-Vision-New-Testament-Contemporary/dp/006063796X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1356718595&sr=1-1&keywords=moral+vision+new+testament+hays


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Are There Forgeries In The NT? Probably.

12/27/2012

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http://www.amazon.com/Forgery-Counterforgery-Literary-Christian-Polemics/dp/0199928037/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1356637662&sr=1-5&keywords=bart+ehrman

The main worry this book should raise for a Christian I think has to do with ONE PARTICULAR theory of inspiration commonly known as the plenary, verbal, and confluent theory of inspiration which entails inerrancy.  In particular, this book would be a falsification of that THEORY OF INSPIRATION.  Becoming convinced that the NT contains a forgery or two or three shouldn't cause a Christian to abandon their worldview then (i.e. God exists, Jesus is the Messiah, Jesus was resurrected, etc.), it should simply cause a Christian to adjust their theory of inspiration.  (See my re-thinking Biblical Inspiration Section)
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Did Paul Invent Christianity? No.

12/27/2012

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http://www.amazon.com/Paul-Follower-Jesus-Founder-Christianity/dp/0802801242/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1356637022&sr=1-1&keywords=david+wenham+paul

Shorter, popular version of the above book:
http://www.amazon.com/Did-Paul-Get-Jesus-Right/dp/0745962483/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1356637082&sr=1-3&keywords=david+wenham+paul
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Did Jesus Have A Messianic Self-Understanding? Probably

12/27/2012

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http://www.amazon.com/Constructing-Jesus-Memory-Imagination-History/dp/0801035856/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1356636964&sr=1-1&keywords=constructing+jesus

http://www.amazon.com/Are-You-One-Who-Come/dp/0801036380/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1356636994&sr=1-1&keywords=are+you+the+one+who+is+to+come
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10 Misconceptions About The NT Canon

12/13/2012

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http://www.apologetics315.com/2012/12/10-misconceptions-about-nt-canon-by.html
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The NT Use Of The Old Testament: Second Temple Hermeneutics

7/16/2012

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Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet? Yes; Failed Fanatical Apocalyptic Prophet? No, Not Even If We Adopt A 'Schweitzerian' Framework!? / Does The Delay Of The Second Coming Disprove Christianity?

7/15/2012

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How Wide The Gap Between 'The Earliest Available Text' And 'The Original Text' In NT Textual Criticism

7/13/2012

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