How on Earth Did Jesus Become a God?: Historical Questions about Earliest Devotion to Jesus

by Larry W. Hurtado

Book Overview

In How on Earth Did Jesus Become a God? Larry Hurtado investigates the intense devotion to Jesus that emerged with surprising speed after his death. Reverence for Jesus among early Christians, notes Hurtado, included both grand claims about Jesus' significance and a pattern of devotional practices that effectively treated him as divine. This book argues that whatever one makes of such devotion to Jesus, the subject deserves serious historical consideration.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802828612
• ISBN13: 9780802828613
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"