The Divine Realm in Antiquity (Appropriately: A Pyramid!)

March 03, 2021 NaN
The Divine Realm in Antiquity (Appropriately: A Pyramid!)
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The Divine Realm in Antiquity (Appropriately: A Pyramid!)

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In my previous posts I have been insisting that if one wants to say that “Jesus is God” according to an early Christian text, one has to ask “in what *sense*” is he God? Now is a good time for me to lay out how I understand ancient people understood the divine realm. It was very different from the way most people today – at least the people I run across – imagine the divine realm. Read by Sam Devis

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