How Jesus Became God Lib/E: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee (Audiobook)

from LynnB

This is an historical examination of how Jesus came to be viewed by many as God. It's not a theological examination and the author doesn't try to "prove" or "disprove" the divinity of Jesus -- he looks at the various, but few, historical sources available and traces how and when references to Jes...

from AuntieClio

Aside from Karen Armstrong, Ehrman has become my go to author on the history of Christianity. Once an evangelical Christian filled with the desire to convert all he met, Ehrman became an agnostic the more he studied the Bible and the history surrounding its making and Christianity. Specifically, ...

from stevesmits

I have read and enjoyed several of Professor Ehrman's books and for his latest book had the chance to hear him give a book talk in Raleigh. A professor of religious studies at UNC Chapel Hill, Ehrman is an historian and a scholar of the New Testament who brings his scholarship and research to bea...

from bness2

I found much of this book fascinating and enlightening and I learned a lot about the development of early Christian Christology. I cannot say I agree with all of Ehrman's conclusions, but he does lay out the evidence quite well. I am especially struck by his admission that he himself is an agnost...

from joeydag

I learned quite a few new things from this book. The author explains some of the difficulties historians face when working on the historical Jesus. He explanation about how historians can not make historical judgements about the resurrection and the miracles described in the New Testament is quit...