The application to Christ of the title θεός is exceedingly rare—only seven certain, very probable, or probable instances out of a total of 1,315 NT uses of θεός. From an analysis of representative scholarly views concerning the nine texts discussed in chapters II–VII and IX–XI, it may be seen that the majority of scholars hold that θεός is applied to Jesus no fewer than five times and no more than nine times in the NT.2 The same range
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