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Nick Norelli mentioned my name in connection with a discussion of Richard Bauckham\u2019s use of the phrase \u201cdivine identity\u201d in relation to early Christology<\/a>. As I have said before, I do think that Bauckham\u2019s terminology is unhelpfully vague, and until he defines it more clearly it cannot even be assessed in terms of its applicability to the New Testament sources. Is it identity of the sort a family<\/em> has, including those adopted<\/em> into it? Is it identity of the sort a single individual has? Is it something else?<\/p>\n

What do you understand Bauckham to mean by the term, and if you find it particularly helpful or unhelpful, perhaps you could mention why in a comment?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"