The message of the Bible is too important to be locked up in erudite and esoteric essays and monographs written for the eyes of theological specialists.
Buku ini menunjukkan bahwa apapun pendapat orang tentang penyembahan terhadap Yesus itu, persoalan tersebut patut mendapat pertimbangan historis yang serius.
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 …