The debate on Jesus’s divine nature is as old as the New Testament text itself. The so-called “titles” ascribed to Jesus often take centre stage in this type of discussion. The aim with this study, however, is to show that Jesus is not an equivalent of . To argue my case convincingly, I will have to show that, textually, Jesus is a distinctly different literary character from that of . I will also need to show that Jesus never claimed to be . As an introduction, I will briefly sketch the Jewish-Hellenistic background and possible meanings of the term . I will then deal with all those references traditionally used to argue that Jesus is equivalent to . This will be followed by concluding remarks.

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质疑耶稣的神性：为什么耶稣不是 θεός

关于耶稣神性的争论与新约经文本身一样古老。在这类讨论中，耶稣的所谓“头衔”经常占据中心位置。然而，这项研究的目的是表明耶稣并不等同于 。为了令人信服地论证我的观点，我必须证明，从文本上看，耶稣是一个与 . 我还需要证明耶稣从未声称自己是。作为介绍，我将简要概述犹太-希腊化背景和术语的可能含义。然后，我将处理传统上用来论证耶稣等同于的所有引用。这将是结束语。