02126nam a2200361Ia 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019006001900036007001500055008004100070040001300111020003500124020003200159035002100191035001800212050002500230082001500255049000900270100002100279245011500300260004900415300003800464504006400502505082800566500004701394600002801441655002201469776014601491856008601637910001201723994001201735999001701747ocn663469776OCoLC20200709055301.0m        d        cr cnu---unuuu100910s2010    mdu     sb    001 0 eng d  aN$TcN$T  a9781442201101 (electronic bk.)  a144220110X (electronic bk.)  a(OCoLC)663469776  a332854b(N$T) 4aBT216.3b.O94 2010eb04a232/.8222  aN$TA1 aOverman, Dean L.12aA case for the divinity of Jesush[electronic resource] :bexamining the earliest evidence /cDean L. Overman.  aLanham, Md. :bRowman & Littlefield,cc2010.  a1 online resource (xxvii, 323 p.)  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 299-306) and index.0 aIntroduction -- Worship patterns in the very earliest church indicate an immediate veneration of Jesus as divine following his crucifixion -- In the Synoptic and Johannine gospels, Jesus used the term "I Am" (ego eimi), words that function as the Name of God in the first century; hence his conviction for blasphemy in his trial before the sanhedrin -- Reliability of the canonical gospel accounts is supported by the historical evidence -- The means of communication of the gospel was through a reliable oral gospel tradition -- The resurrection is a plausible event -- The new and old gnosticism are based on fantasies, not on historical events -- One cannot logically maintain that all religions describe a path to the same reality -- How should one engage a person of another faith concerning diverse religious beliefs?  aDescription based on print version record.00aJesus ChristxDivinity. 4aElectronic books.08iPrint version:aOverman, Dean L.tCase for the divinity of Jesus.dLanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2010z9780742563278w(OCoLC)475597537403NetLibraryuhttp://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=332854  acpp1254  a02bN$T  c49928d49928