How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee
Format: hardcover
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
Not a book I can imagine having broad appeal. I'm an Ehrman fan, I think he does an amazing job of explaining the science of the history of the bible. And I also enjoy reading about ecclesiastical history. This book follows the progression of the idea of Jesus over time, from the earliest believers ...
This is an interesting book, which is strongest in the middle. It takes a little while to get going as Ehrman outlines the general beliefs about humanity and divinity in Jesus' time, but it picks up when he starts actually looking at the Gospels in his historical search for how beliefs about Jesus e...
This book reads like a science book and I kept listening with my full attention. I found myself replaying segments multiple times because I really wanted to know what the author was saying. The author does three things to set up his thesis, he tells the listener 1) how a person would have historical...
And it came to pass that I read and ye shall learn of a pretty amazing book. Biblical scholar Bart D. Ehrman takes on the subject of how, in history, the notion of Jesus as god developed. Was it there from the beginning? How did it arise? What does it even mean? Was he considered divine by believers...