
How Jesus Became God
The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee
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Narrated by:
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Walter Dixon
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By:
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Bart D. Ehrman
In an audiobook that took eight years to research and write, leading Bible scholar Bart D. Ehrman explores how an apocalyptic prophet from the backwaters of rural Galilee crucified for crimes against the state came to be thought of as equal with the one God Almighty Creator of all things.
Ehrman sketches Jesus's transformation from a human prophet to the Son of God exalted to divine status at his resurrection. Only when some of Jesus's followers had visions of him after his death - alive again - did anyone come to think that he, the prophet from Galilee, had become God. And what they meant by that was not at all what people mean today.
As a historian - not a believer - Ehrman answers the questions: How did this transformation of Jesus occur? How did he move from being a Jewish prophet to being God? The dramatic shifts throughout history reveal not only why Jesus's followers began to claim he was God, but also how they came to understand this claim in so many different ways.
Written for secular historians of religion and believers alike, How Jesus Became God will engage anyone interested in the historical developments that led to the affirmation at the heart of Christianity: Jesus was, and is, God.
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What didn’t you like about Walter Dixon’s performance?
Sounded like a speed reading robot. Probably one of the worst narrations I've ever heard.Typical scholarly Ehrman excellence
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Ultimately Ehrman makes the case that Jesus’ divinity was understood differently to different people in different eras with unique theological and political motivations. He was the apocalyptic preacher messiah to his disciples and God himself to later evangelists. One of my favorite reads from an author who already had such a high bar. Narrator has a slightly boring voice, but articulates most of it pretty well. You get past it quickly.
A deep examination of the theological evolution of Jesus’ divinity
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A very complete research of a complicated issue
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Illuminating
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Scholarly yet readable
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