God’s Equal: What Can We Know about Jesus’ Self-Understanding in the Synoptic Gospels? (Library of New Testament Studies | LNTS)

Through analysis of the Gospel accounts regarding Jesus’ claims to inaugurate the kingdom of God, his miracles, and the authority in which Jesus speaks throughout Scripture, Sigurd Grindheim builds a case for his argument that Jesus’ claim to be God’s son must be understood in light of his implicit claims to be God’s equal. Through a comprehensive examination of primary sources, Grindheim explains how Jesus’ words go beyond the claims made on behalf of human and even angelic beings within Second Temple Judaism and presents himself in a role reserved exclusively for YHWH in Jewish culture.