of YHWH himself? Along with their belief in the resurrection, the historical Jesus must have made claims concerning his divinity during his public ministry. To discuss the historical Jesus’ claims to divinity, however, is beyond the scope of this book. In sum, a coming Messiah, resurrection, and monotheism were all concepts known in the ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman world. Yet no one mutated them and put them together the way the early Christians did concerning Jesus. They uniquely, with unparalleled
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