1. Did Jesus Claim to Be God?
Johnathan Bi: So professor, you believe that Jesus never claimed to be God. You believe that he was a failed prophet, in some sense, and that the historical evidence for the resurrection is inconclusive. And yet you still call yourself a Christian nonetheless. And I want to spend this interview investigating how you balance the demands of a critical scholar and that of a believer and practitioner of the faith. But let’s begin with examining each of these claims, starting with the first one; why do you think Jesus never claimed to be God?