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Podcast: Restitutio
Episode: 351 Bible 22 – Did Jesus Claim to Be the I AM? (Translating John 8.58)
Description: Did Jesus claim to be “The Great I AM” in John 8.58? If not, what was he saying? In this episode we examine the alleged parallel passage in Exodus where God reveals his name to Moses at the burning bush. Next, we’ll explore texts with the same Greek construction that Jesus used in an effort to sniff out bias. In the end we’ll see there are three viable possibilities for translating John 8.58, the least likely of which is what we find in most translations.
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The First Testament by John Goldingay
The Hebrew Bible by Robert Alter
The Sch...