How Jesus Became God : the Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee by Bart D. Ehrman

How Jesus Became God examines the historical development of beliefs about Jesus’s divine status. Bart D. Ehrman considers how a Jewish preacher from Galilee came to be understood by followers in increasingly exalted terms.

Written for general readers, the book presents a historian’s argument about early Christian thought rather than a devotional statement or a position every scholar shares. It invites readers to examine the texts and historical circumstances behind a central Christian belief.