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How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation Of A Jewish Preacher From Galilee (2014)

by Bart D. Ehrman(Favorite Author)

3.89 of 5 Votes: 1

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English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

HarperOne

review 1: Bart Ehrman delivers a well researched and examination of the evolution of Christianity. Of course with most religious topics one is preaching to the choir so to speak in what particular stance they take. Ehrman is a bit unique as his background, training, and beliefs are rooted in Christianity. At some point in his life in focused examination he changed his beliefs in the story to doubt and eventually disbelief.Firm believers will not probably be persuaded here as they dig into their deep bag of counter arguments and attacks. The disbelievers will be given much to reinforce their position. The one thing I am always amazed by with religions is how stories and doctrines set millennium ago by in many cases total unknowns can hold sway.I found the book fascinating in the earl... morey examination of the life of Jesus and his followers. I was going to give it a 4 star rating but the coverage of the debates and councils after the crucifixion I found a bit tedious
review 2: From the Audio Book. This was a scholarly work that quite frankly I didn't finish. There was just too much information for my level of interest. So about a third of the way through, I jumped to the last chapter and I got just the summary I wanted. SPOILER: Jesus, as he was known to his disciples, just started out as a human; but along the way he was elevated to the divine and finally to Gods equal. And it's apparent that the promotions were most beneficial to those who wanted promote their religion. At least that's how I understood the summary, and how I will leave the issue until Jesus?God decides to make a return visit. less

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