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Jesus and Divine Christology by Brant Pitre Dr. Brant Pitre’s latest academic contribution to New Testament Christology tackles one of the most fundamental and debated questions in the field: *Did Jesus see himself as divine?* This question has long been a point of contention, with much of modern critical scholarship arguing that the notion of Jesus’ divinity was a later theological development rather than a self-understanding reflected in the historical Jesus’ own words and actions. Pitre, however, challenges this perspective head-on. He contends that the Synoptic Gospels—often viewed as presenting a lower Christology compared to John—as well as the Gospel of John itself, offer clear and compelling evidence that Jesus made implicit and explicit claims to his own divinity. More significantly, Pitre argues that these claims can be reliably traced back to the historical Jesus rather than being theological constructs of the early church. What makes Pitre’s work particularly noteworthy i...