How Jesus Became God

Interesting read, but tedious. The author uses textual authority to establish various traditions for “how Jesus became God” – whether incarnation Christology, exaltation Christology, or various heterodox approaches. The bottom line, though, is that Jesus wasn't claimed to be God during his lifetime, and only after the “resurrection” did such claims begin to be made on his behalf. The so-called resurrection is also examined, noting in particular that it would have been highly unusual for the Romans to allow burial of a crucifixion victim, since degradation of the body on the cross was part of the point–a warning to others. I wish Ehrman would take his argument a step further to explain why the leaders of the early church would have invented the resurrection story on which the whole thing hinges.