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The Theological Dictionary of the New Testament is considered by many to be the best New Testament dictionary ever compiled. It contains 2300 entries which cover the spectrum of biblical topics from “A to Z.” The one-volume abridgment of the 10-vol. Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, keeps most if not all of the information that pastors and laypeople can use, leaving out the technical...

into Revelation by way of the Jewish tradition, though a common source may lie behind the Greek and Jewish traditions. 2. egṓ eimí as a self-designation of Jesus in Jn. 8:58 (cf. 8:24; 13:19) stands in contrast to the genésthai applied to Abraham. Jesus thus claims eternity. As he is equal to the Father (5:18ff.), what is ascribed to the Father is attributed to him too (cf. Is. 43:10 LXX). The context and the egṓ formulation are both Jewish. The point is not Jesus’ self-identification as the
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