Ebook: How on earth did Jesus become a god? : historical questions about earliest devotion to Jesus

Issues and approaches. How on earth did Jesus become a God? : approaches to Jesus-devotion in earliest Christianity ; Devotion to Jesus and Second-Temple Jewish monotheistic piety ; To live and die for Jesus : social and political consequences of devotion to Jesus in earliest Christianity ; A 'case study' in early Christian devotion to Jesus : Philippians 2:6-11 -- Definitions and defense. First-century Jewish monotheism ; Homage to the historical Jesus and early Christian devotion ; Early Jewish opposition to Jesus-devotion ; Religious experience and religious innovation in the New Testament -- Epilogue. Appendix 1 : opening remarks to the first Deichmann Annual Lecture Series / Horst-Heinz Deichmann ; Appendix 2 : are there good reasons for studying early Christian literature at Ben-Gurion University? / Roland Deines