John Koenig

How on Earth Did Jesus Become a God?

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Larry Hurtado is changing the face of New Testament studies through his persistence in searching out the origins of the extraordinary devotion to Jesus by his earliest followers. Here he presents his arguments with force and clarity while adding an important chapter on the high cost of Jesus-devotion to first-century believers within their sociopolitical and family systems.”

Jesus and Judaism

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“I would be surprised if Jesus and Judaism does not turn out to be the most significant book of the decade in its field.”

Naming the Powers

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This book . . . is timely, well-grounded, and provocative. It is timely because it examines what the New Testament has to say about power in its super-human or corporate manifestations, thus addressing modern concerns for guidance in this area. It is well-grounded because it reviews and evaluates virtually all the extant literature on the topic through an exegesis of the primary texts. It is provocative because it challenges a number of modern assumptions, roughly one-third of its content being devoted to how one moves from what the texts meant 'back then' to a method for interpreting the powers.”

The Power of the Lamb

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This is a textually responsible and highly readable use of the Apocalypse of John as a sourcebook for the meaning of power in the individual and corporate lives of Christians.”