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Jesus as God: The New Testament Use of Theos in Reference to Jesus Paperback – December 30, 2008

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Jesus as God stands as one of the significant exegetical-theological contributions of the century. With linguistic and exegetical skill befitting his ranking as a leading international scholar, Murray J. Harris discusses the New Testament us of the Greek term theos ("God") as a christological title.
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It is difficult to imagine a more careful, comprehensive, or detailed discussion of this controversial aspect of Christology than Dr. Harris has provided. The issues are largely syntactical, and this is a field in which he has already shown his mastery. With the publication of this book, a neglected topic has at last received the attention it deserves. This is a major work of scholarship from an outstanding able scholar.
- I. Howard Marshall

I have read Jesus as God with very great admiration. The author has shown a logical and judicious mind, a most impressive mastery of the biblical language, an exhaustive knowledge of the relevant secondary literature, as well as theological perceptiveness. I regard this as a really important contribution to New Testament scholarship, which no one who is seriously concerned with Christology can afford to ignore.
- C. E. B. Cranfield

Well researched and highly informed and will be an important reference for New Testament studies on this topic.
- E. Earle Ellis

Learned, thorough, and provoking. It treats a neglected subject in a largely convincing way. Especially important is the intensive exegesis of the discussed texts.
- Martin F. Hengel

An exceptionally thorough study. The author has given exhaustive attention to various explanations, however artificial, by which the testimony of these texts of Christ's deity was weakened or even eluded. His bibliography of more than 850 titles bears evidence of the thoroughness of his research.
- Roger Nicole

About the Author

Murray J. Harris is professor emeritus of New Testament Exegesis and Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wipf and Stock; Reprint edition (December 30, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 380 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 160608108X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1606081082
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.15 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.86 x 9 inches
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Murray J. Harris is professor of New Testament exegesis and theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, IL.

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Diego
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Fantastic. Make sure you know some Greek or have a Greek translator. Hands down the best defense of the orthodox doctrine of the deity of Christ that I have read. A must have in every believer's library
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I love it. but you need to have a good background in Biblical Greek to understand the book. After all the book is GREAT, informative and valuable.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2017
Here is the work of a true master and expert in New Testament (as well as Classical) Greek. Excellent explanations, very precise and thorough. An example might be one of the famous verses distorted by cultic groups such as Jehovah's Witnesses - John 1:1. Prof Murray goes into meticulous detail about the correct translation and interpretation of this verse from the get-go.
Great, incisive teaching. The book does require some knowledge of Greek, but not at a very deep level, for those who aren't looking to go too deeply. A great book for those, who have studied College/University/Seminary level Greek.
A great resource for those speaking with the cults, teaching doctrine in churches or Home groups or preaching.

Highly recommended.
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R. B. Vukich
5.0 out of 5 stars Scholarly, Readable but a Slight Bias
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2008
I bought this book many years ago, and eagerly read it. It is very thorough in its approach, and highly readable in its style. It also presents a great deal of detail and the points for and against any given position.

While Dr. Harris approaches this from a Trinitarian theological viewpoint, I don't find this to have significantly impacted his decisions about which verses to include in his conclusions, nor, for that matter, in his conclusions about what it meant that Jesus was "theos" in Biblical passages. His explanations make it clear that divinity was the nature which Jesus Christ had, but that he was not seen by the writers as The God. Thus John 1:1 is explained to mean: ""the Word was identical with God the Father in nature," most accurately represents the evangelist's intended meaning." Jesus' divinity is to be seen as corporate identity, as in he belongs to the class of divine beings, not actual identity, as in Jesus was The God.

It must be remembered too that verses such as Titus 2:13 and John 1:1 involve grammatical "rules" (Sharp or Colwell's) which are relatively recent in their "discovery", which are not "proven" beyond all doubt, and which are frequently misapplied to various texts within the Bible, including potentially to the two I mention. While I think Colwell's rule is really more of a suggestion, and therefore lacks force concerning John 1:1, I find Sharp's construction more compelling because it follows predictable mechanics, whereas Colwell's rule relies upon theological opinion. Sharp, on the other hand, may have likewise over-applied his rule due to the absence of providing for context. In any case, I agree with Sharp's application in Titus 2:13, and disagree with using Colwell to justify a definite oneness in John 1:1. I make this conclusion as a reader of scholars' arguments on the subjects, and not as a scholar myself.

Dr. Harris' work is a wonderful addition to any serious study of the Christological passages involving Theos in the New Testament.
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D. Ingolfsland
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Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2006
Murray Harris took his Ph.D. from the University of Manchester and was professor emeritus of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. His book Jesus as God was possibly one of the most comprehensive, in-depth and scholarly treatment of the New Testament passages attributing deity to Jesus in print.

There are a total of sixteen passages in the New Testament have been interpreted at one time or other to attribute deity to Jesus Christ. Harris examined each one in detail. Textual, linguistic, grammatical, contextual, historical, and theological issues were all taken into consideration. Various translations and conjectural emendations were discussed. Even the Hebrew text and Greek Septuagint were analyzed for those passages which alluded to or quoted from the Old Testament. Pro's and con's were listed for each view and Harris? conclusions were given in degrees of probability.

Harris' conclusions were that it is certain that John 1:1 and John 20:28 applied the title God to Jesus Christ. Harris believed that it was very probable that Romans 9:5, Titus 2:13, Hebrews 1:8 and 2 Peter 1:1 applied the title God to Jesus and that it was probable that that John 1:18 did as well. Harris believed that it was possible, but not likely that that Acts 20:28, Hebrews 1:9 and 1 John 5:20 called Jesus God. Harris concluded that it was not at all likely that Matthew 1:23, John 17:3, Galatians 2:20, Ephesians 5:5, Colossians 2:2, 2 Thessalonians 1:12 and 1 Timothy 3:16 applied the title God to Jesus (Harris, 1992 171)

Jesus as God scholarly, well written, and very through in its analysis.
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Es imposible ser completamente objetivo en un comentario Bíblico pero esto es lo más cercano a serlo. Los argumentos empleados para llegar a las conclusiones son bastante sólidos.
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