How God Became Jesus (2014 Bird), edited volume

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How God Became Jesus: The Real Origins of Belief in Jesus' Divine Nature--A Response to Bart (2014) is a volume edited by Michael F. Bird.

Abstract

"In his recent book How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher From Galilee historian Bart Ehrman explores a claim that resides at the heart of the Christian faith― that Jesus of Nazareth was, and is, God. According to Ehrman, though, this is not what the earliest disciples believed, nor what Jesus claimed about himself. The first response book to this latest challenge to Christianity from Ehrman, How God Became Jesus features the work of five internationally recognized biblical scholars. While subjecting his claims to critical scrutiny, they offer a better, historically informed account of why the Galilean preacher from Nazareth came to be hailed as “the Lord Jesus Christ.” Namely, they contend, the exalted place of Jesus in belief and worship is clearly evident in the earliest Christian sources, shortly following his death, and was not simply the invention of the church centuries later.."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2014.

Contents

The story of Jesus as the story of God / Michael F. Bird -- Of gods, angels, and men / Michael F. Bird -- Excursus 1: Kings, angels, and holy men -- Did Jesus think he was God? / Michael F. Bird -- Getting the burial traditions and evidence right / Craig A. Evans -- What did the first Christians think about Jesus? / Simon Gathercole -- Problems with Ehrman's interpretive categories / Chris Tilling -- Misreading Paul's Christology: problems with Ehrman's exegesis / Chris Tilling -- An exclusive religion: orthodoxy and heresy, inclusion and exclusion / Charles E. Hill -- Excursus 2: Second-century evidence for Jesus as God: pagan, early orthodox, and gnostic testimony -- Excursus 3: Second-century evidence for Jesus as God: the Nomina Sacra -- Paradox pushers and persecutors? / Charles E. Hill -- Excursus 4: Third-century evidence for Jesus as God: the Alexamenos Graffitio -- Excursus 5: Third-century evidence for Jesus as God: The inscription at Meggido -- Concluding thoughts / Michael F. Bird.

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