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Comparing Richard Bauckham's From Jesus To The Jesus Of Testimony

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PROPHETHOOD IN CHRISTIANITY Christian defines prophet is a person who carries and bring a revealed message to some the human race. Divine1 inspiration is legitimate reason a person a prophet and what causes the prophet to speak out and what makes others to listen to the prophet as spokesperson2 for the divine. The prophets were spokespersons for God and their mission was to deliver Gods message to humanity. The idea of Jesus as the divine Son of God was affirmed in the foundations of the original church.
DIVINITY OF CHRIST Starting from an historical perspective, some scholars would argue that the idea of Jesus as the divine Son of God was affirmed, even among the disciples, in the foundations of the original church. In “Explaining Christian Beliefs About Jesus,” a chapter of “Cross and Crescent: Responding to the …show more content…

The author appeals to traditions of ancient historiography, which valued eyewitness testimony over written sources. Bauckham argues:
“Testimony offers us, I wish to suggest, both a reputable historiographic category for reading the
Gospels as history, and also a theological model for understanding the Gospels as the entirely appropriate means of access to the historical reality of Jesus.” In other words, Bauckham isarguing that the Gospels are not negated by the fact that eyewitness testimony was the main source of information, but rather strengthened by this fact and should be taken more seriously.
In Bauckham’s opinion, it is likely that the Gospel accounts of the life of Jesus accurately portray the life of Jesus.10
Murray J. Harris affirms the idea that the gospel writers were very intentional with their description of Jesus as divine. In “The Word Was God,” a section of his book Jesus as God:

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