Description:
A current, comprehensive, and clear defense of the deity of Christ.
The central theological claim of Christianity, that Jesus is God incarnate, finds eager detractors across a wide spectrum--from scholars who interpret Jesus as a prophet, angel, or guru to adherents of progressive Christianity and non-Christian religions and philosophies. Yet thorough biblical scholarship strongly supports the historic Christian teaching on the deity of Christ.
Authors Robert M. Bowman Jr. and J. Ed Komoszewski follow the approach of their landmark 2007 study on the same topic, Putting Jesus in His Place. They focus on five pillars of New Testament teaching, using the acronym HANDS, and demonstrate what both Jesus and the earliest believers recognized, namely, that Jesus shares in the
- Honors that are due God
- Attributes of God
- Names of God
- Deeds that God does
- Seat of God's eternal throne
Brief description: Robert M. Bowman Jr. (PhD, South African Theological Seminary) is the President of the Institute for Religious Research. He has lectured extensively in biblical studies, theology, and apologetics at Biola University, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, and elsewhere. Rob is the author or co-author of fourteen other books including Putting Jesus in His Place, Jesus' Resurrection and Joseph's Visions: Examining the Foundations of Christianity and Mormonism, and the Gold Medallion Award book Faith Has Its Reasons: Integrative Approaches to Defending the Christian Faith.
Review Quotes: "Only once in a generation or so do we come across a theological work that makes such a compelling argument that it renders virtually all other treatments on the topic obsolete. Such is the case with The Incarnate Christ and His Critics. The industrial-strength exegesis in this volume provides a solid foundation on which the edifice is built. The years of assiduous labor that went into its production, the integrity, almost superhuman comprehensiveness, and penetrating persuasiveness of its arguments (no straw-men here!), the clarity of its case, the charity of its interactions, and the obvious devotion of these two scholars put The Incarnate Christ and His Critics in a league of its own. Accolades from all quarters have labeled this book 'masterful, ' 'compelling, ' 'remarkable, ' 'exhaustive, ' 'monumental, ' 'magisterial, ' and the like. It is all of these things and more. And what ties it all together is the spiritual force of Bowman and Komoszewski's magnum opus. This publication peels back the curtain of the Holy of Holies just enough to give us a peek into the brilliant splendor of the Lord Christ who shares the throne with God the Father. There is only one book I know of that can almost rival this one: Bowman and Komoszewski's earlier offering, Putting Jesus in His Place. But this latest volume is on a new plane. It is clearly the finest defense of our Savior's deity in the 21st century and perhaps in all of Christian history."--Daniel B. Wallace "
Senior Research Professor Emeritus of New Testament Studies, Dallas Theological Seminary
CEO and Executive Director, Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts" (5/10/2024 12:00:00 AM)