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This is the second of Richard Bauckham's books I've wrestled with in the last year. The other ('Jesus and the eye-witnesses') I did find a slightly easier read, but both of them are certainly worth getting to grips with.
I've awarded this five stars because of the author's forensic thoroughness in dealing with his subject. He tackles head-on, and in a thoroughly-reasoned way, how the early Christian church was able to proclaim the divinity of Christ whilst at the same time holding to a rigorously Old Testament monotheistic view of God. He achieves this by exploring in some detail the various OT descriptions of the uniqueness of YHWH. If you want a solid understanding of Jewish monotheism in the Second Temple period, in order to see how this feeds through to the New Testament perceptions of Christ, then this really is the book to get.
I have to say, that I find Bauckham's style of writing a little too uncompromisingly academic - for instance, Ken Bailey is a whole lot easier to read, but his treatments no less scholarly - but anyone who wants to get to grips with this vital subject should find the rigour of the treatment exceptionally helpful.
I've awarded this five stars because of the author's forensic thoroughness in dealing with his subject. He tackles head-on, and in a thoroughly-reasoned way, how the early Christian church was able to proclaim the divinity of Christ whilst at the same time holding to a rigorously Old Testament monotheistic view of God. He achieves this by exploring in some detail the various OT descriptions of the uniqueness of YHWH. If you want a solid understanding of Jewish monotheism in the Second Temple period, in order to see how this feeds through to the New Testament perceptions of Christ, then this really is the book to get.
I have to say, that I find Bauckham's style of writing a little too uncompromisingly academic - for instance, Ken Bailey is a whole lot easier to read, but his treatments no less scholarly - but anyone who wants to get to grips with this vital subject should find the rigour of the treatment exceptionally helpful.
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Richard Bauckham is a respected scholar, who has written many fine books. He writes from a conservative position, but is still an innovative thinker. I think the most important teaching in this volume is a lucid explanation of how early Christians, and of course Christians today, can hold Jesus to be divine, and yet insist they are monotheistic, remaining true to to their Jewish roots. This concept is something both Jews and Muslims find difficult to grasp, but the author explains clearly that the divinity of Christ does not destroy Christian monotheism. Although not the subject of the book, the reader can also see how the Holy Spirit fits in with monotheism. I would recommend this book to Christians and non-Christians, if they wish to get a better understanding of this subject.
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