Was Christ So Divine That He Was Not Human? The "Antichrists" of 1 John

Ehrman Blog Daily Post Podcasts

Mar 16 2021 | NaN

00:00 / NaN

Show Notes

Just as there were “adoptionist” Christians in the second century, who maintained that Christ was not really a divine being, but a human being who had been “adopted” to be divine by God (so: not pre-existent; not born of a virgin; not “equal” with God; etc.), so too, on the other end of the spectrum, there were others who claimed that he was so *entirely* God that he was not actually human. Read by Sam Devis

Other Episodes

Episode

August 05, 2025 • 00:08:52

Could James, the Brother of Jesus, Even Write?

Bart shows why the brother of Jesus is unlikely to be the author of James. Read by John Paul Middlesworth.

Episode

August 29, 2023 • 00:08:49

Did Jews Always Bury Their Dead on the Day of Their Death?

Did Jews always bury their all their dead before sundown? Read by Ken Teutsch.

Episode 0

May 06, 2021 • NaN

Are God and Christ the SAME Person?

Dr. Ehrman describes how "modalism" worked as an explanation of how Jesus and God the Father could be a single God. Read by John...