{"id":26190,"date":"2014-09-15T09:18:36","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T13:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=26190"},"modified":"2014-09-15T09:18:36","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T13:18:36","slug":"how-did-ken-schenck-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2014\/09\/how-did-ken-schenck-do.html","title":{"rendered":"How Did Ken Schenck Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Ken Schenck blogged about the worship of Jesus<\/a>, and I feel honored to be included among his list of \u201ckey players.\u201d He summarized\u00a0the views of a number of scholars, but because we are friends and fellow bloggers, he asked me how he did. Here\u2019s what he wrote to summarize my viewpoint:<\/p>\n

a. I believe he considers the worship of YHWH generally exclusive.<\/p>\n

b. But he does believe there were precedents for a softer worship of other beings associated with YHWH within a Judaism whose understanding of monotheism changed over time.<\/p>\n

c. He does not believe that the earliest worship of Jesus was as robust as Hurtado or Bauckham think. In particular, Jesus was never the recipient of sacrificial worship.<\/p>\n

d. He thus does not see the early reverence of Jesus as any kind of departure from the monotheistic precedents within Judaism.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That seems to me to be a good summary. For those who may want more detail, let me expand briefly on each point:<\/p>\n