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Did Jesus Really Think He Was God? - Feat. Dr. Crispin Fletcher-Louis

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Published on 07/22/2019

Crispin points out that in modern academia, it is often assumed that Christ didn’tconsider himself divine. Instead, academics consider that Christ’s divinity waslater imposed on him by the early church.Crispin points to some weaknesses in this argument and offers some refreshingcritiques.Included in his points are:• The high priest is a new Adam.• The high priest as “God’s image” is tied to the idea of the temple as amicrocosm.• The high priest is, in a sense, “Israel.”• Because the high priest is a representative of Israel, he is also a royal figure,because one of the tribes of Israel is the royal line (the tribe of Judah).• The high priest is an office, not a person.About Dr. Fletcher-Louis:Dr. Crispin Fletcher-Louis is a biblical scholar and teacher. He studied at KebleCollege, Oxford as an undergraduate when E.P. Sanders and N.T. Wright wereUniversity lecturers, and for his doctorate, under Chris Rowland (on angelology inLuke’s Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles). He then taught in the Theology andReligious Studies departments of King’s College, London, Durham University, andNottingham University. From 2004–2006 he served as Resident Theologian at StMary’s Bryanston Sq., a thriving church in Central London. With growing demandfor deeper theological teaching across the region, in 2006 he spearheaded thecreation of Westminster Theological Centre (WTC).In July 2012 Crispin stepped down as Principal of WTC and is now engaged inresearch, writing, and the development of new teaching material. He continues toprovide informal teaching to local churches and consultancy to businessesinterested in the optimization of material and spiritual value creation. His researchand teaching focuses on the overarching shape of the biblical story (its keythemes and theological questions). In particular, he writes about the nature of ourhuman identity and purpose, temple worship and spirituality, apocalyptic andJewish mysticism, Jesus’ identity (Christology) and the Gospel accounts of his life.Crispin is currently engaged in a four-volume book writing project on Jesus andthe origins of the earliest beliefs about him (Jesus Monotheism). The first volume(Jesus Monotheism. Volume 1. Christological Origins: The Emerging Consensusand Beyond) (hard copy: Eugene, Or: Wipf & Stock; digital copy: Whymanity)appeared in 2015.There is a blog dedicated to the Jesus Monotheism project. For more onCrispin’s academic work you can visit his webpage at academia.edu.Crispin is married to Mary and has two children, Emily and Reuben.Resources:• http://www.whymanity.com/• http://www.crispinfl.com• http://jesusmonotheism.com/usd/• https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Monotheism-Christological-Emerging-Consensus/dp/1620328895Show Produced by: Dan GummelShow music:• Defender Instrumental by Tents• Acquired in Heaven by Beautiful EulogyPowered and distributed by Simplecast.

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