Scholarship
Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus Christ, and the Gospel of John
Christian apologetics source on Jehovah’s Witness Christology and John.
- Author
- Robert M. Bowman Jr.
- Publisher
- Baker Book House
- Tradition
- Christian apologetics
Citation
Robert M. Bowman Jr., Jehovah’s Witnesses, Jesus Christ, and the Gospel of John, Baker Book House, 1989.
Where this source is used
- Jesus is Michael the archangelThe verses used to link Jesus and Michael never identify them, and Hebrews 1 sets the Son apart from every angel, including the archangel.
- John 1:1 says "a god"The missing article in John 1:1 marks what the Word is, not a lesser god; John separates the Word from all created things and ends with Thomas calling Jesus 'my God.'
- The New World Translation restores the truthJudged by its own standard of following the text, the New World Translation bends the verses about Jesus' identity in one direction, while much of it reads fairly.