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Lecture 1 Jesus--The Man Who Became God
Ehrman, How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Prophet from Galilee

Lecture 2 Greco-Roman Gods Who Became Human
Cartlidge and Duncan, eds., Documents for the Study of the Gospels
Ehrman, How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Prophet from Galilee
Hengel, The Son of God
Lane Fox, Pagans and Christians
Peppard The Son of God in the Roman World
Rives, Religion in the Roman Empire
Turcan, The Cults of the Roman Empire

Lecture 3 Humans as Gods in the Greco-Roman World
Cartlidge and Duncan, eds., Documents for the Study of the Gospels
Ehrman, How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Prophet from Galilee
Friesen, Imperial Cults and the Apocalypse of John
Hengel, The Son of God
Lane Fox, Pagans and Christians
Peppard The Son of God in the Roman World
Rives, Religion in the Roman Empire
Turcan, The Cults of the Roman Empire

Lecture 4 Gods Who Were Human in Ancient Judaism
Cartlidge and Duncan, eds., Documents for the Study of the Gospels
Ehrman, How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Prophet from Galilee
Fredriksen, From Jesus to Christ
Garrett, No Ordinary Angel
Gieschen, Angelomorphis Christology
Hengel, The Son of God
Hurtado, Lord Jesus Christ
----, One God, One Lord
Sanders, Judaism Practice and Belief, 63 BCE-66 CE

Lecture 5 Ancient Jews Who Were Gods
Ehrman, How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Prophet from Galilee
Fredriksen, From Jesus to Christ
Hengel, The Son of God
Hurtado, Lord Jesus Christ
----, One God, One Lord
Sanders, Judaism Practice and Belief, 63 BCE-66 CE
Segal, Two Powers in Heaven
Tobin, "Logos" In The Anchor Bible Dictionary, edited by David Noel Friedman, Vol. 4, pp. 348-356
Vermes, Jesus the Jew

Lecture 6 The Life and Teachings of Jesus
Allison, Jesus of Nazareth
Collins, A., and J. J. Collins, King and Messiah as Son of God
Collins, J. J., The Apocalyptic Imagination
----, The Star and Scepter
Ehrman, How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Prophet from Galilee
----, Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium
Fredriksen, From Jesus to Christ
----, Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews
Meier, A Marginal Jew
Sanders, The Historical Figure of Jesus
Schweitzer, The Quest of the Historical Jesus
Vermes, Jesus the Jew

Lecture 7 Did Jesus Think He Was God?
Allison, Jesus of Nazareth
Ehrman, How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Prophet from Galilee
----, Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium
Fredriksen, From Jesus to Christ
----, Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews
Meier, A Marginal Jew
Sanders, The Historical Figure of Jesus
Schweitzer, The Quest of the Historical Jesus
Vermes, Jesus the Jew

Lecture 8 The Death of Jesus--Historical Certainties
Allison, Jesus of Nazareth
Brown, The Death of the Messiah
Collins, A., and J. J. Collins, King and Messiah as Son of God
Collins, J. J., The Apocalyptic Imagination
----, The Star and Scepter
Ehrman, How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Prophet from Galilee
----, Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium
Fredriksen, From Jesus to Christ
----, Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews
Meier, A Marginal Jew
Sanders, The Historical Figure of Jesus
Schweitzer, The Quest of the Historical Jesus
Vermes, Jesus the Jew

Lecture 9 Jesus's Death--What Historians Can't Know
Allison, Jesus of Nazareth
Brown, The Death of the Messiah
Ehrman, How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Prophet from Galilee
----, Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium
Fredriksen, From Jesus to Christ
----, Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews
Meier, A Marginal Jew
Sanders, The Historical Figure of Jesus
Schweitzer, The Quest of the Historical Jesus
Vermes, Jesus the Jew

Lecture 10 The Resurrection--What Historians Can't Know
Allison, Resurrecting Jesus
Brown, The Virginal Conception and Bodily Resurrection of Jesus
Ehrman, How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Prophet from Galilee
----, Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium
Fredriksen, From Jesus to Christ
----, Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews
Goulder, "The Baseless Fabric of a Vision" In Resurrection Reconsidered, edited by Gavin D'Costa, pp. 48-61
Ludemann, The Resurrection of Christ

Lecture 11 What History Reveals about the Resurrection
Allison, Resurrecting Jesus
Brown, An Introduction to the New Testament
----, The Virginal Conception and Bodily Resurrection of Jesus
Ehrman, How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Prophet from Galilee
----, Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium
Fredriksen, From Jesus to Christ
----, Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews
Goulder, "The Baseless Fabric of a Vision" In Resurrection Reconsidered, edited by Gavin D'Costa, pp. 48-61
Ludemann, The Resurrection of Christ

Lecture 12 The Disciples' Visions of Jesus
Bentall, "Hallucionatory Experiences" In Varieties of Anomalous Experience: Examining the Scientific Evidence, edited by Etzel Cardena, et al.
Brown, An Introduction to the New Testament
Connell, Meetings with Mary
Ehrman, How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Prophet from Galilee
Fredriksen, From Jesus to Christ
Goulder, "The Baseless Fabric of a Vision"
Guggenheim and Guggenheim, Hello from Heaven!
Harnack, History of Dogma
Laurentin, The Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary Today
Wiebe, Visions of Jesus

Lecture 13 Jesus's Exaltation--Earliest Christian Views
Brown, An Introduction to the New Testament
Casey, From Jewish Prophet to Gentile God
Dunn, Christology in the Making
Ehrman, How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Prophet from Galilee
Fredriksen, From Jesus to Christ
Garrett, No Ordinary Angel
Gieschen, Angelomorphic Chistology
Harnack, History of Dogma
Hengel, Between Jesus and Paul
----, The Son of God
Hurtado, Lord Jesus Christ
----, One God, One Lord
Peppard The Son of God in the Roman World

Lecture 14 The Backward Movement of Christology
Brown, An Introduction to the New Testament
----, The Virginal Conception and Bodily Resurrection of Jesus
Casey, From Jewish Prophet to Gentile God
Dunn, Christology in the Making
Ehrman, How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Prophet from Galilee
Fredriksen, From Jesus to Christ
Harnack, History of Dogma
Hurtado, Lord Jesus Christ
----, One God, One Lord
Peppard The Son of God in the Roman World

Lecture 15 Paul's View--Christ's Elevated Divinity
Brown, An Introduction to the New Testament
Casey, From Jewish Prophet to Gentile God
Dunn, Christology in the Making
Ehrman, How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Prophet from Galilee
Fitzmyer, Pauline Theology
Fredriksen, From Jesus to Christ
Garrett, No Ordinary Angel
Gieschen, Angelomorphic Chistology
Harnack, History of Dogma
Hurtado, Lord Jesus Christ
----, One God, One Lord
Segal, Paul the Convert

Lecture 16 John's View--The Word Made Human
Brown, An Introduction to the New Testament
Casey, From Jewish Prophet to Gentile God
Dunn, Christology in the Making
Ehrman, How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Prophet from Galilee
Fredriksen, From Jesus to Christ
Harnack, History of Dogma
Hurtado, Lord Jesus Christ
----, One God, One Lord
Kysar, John the Maverick Gospel
Smith, The Theology of John

Lecture 17 Was Christ Human? The Docetic View
Bauer, Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest Christianity
Casey, From Jewish Prophet to Gentile God
Ehrman, How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Prophet from Galilee
----, Lost Christianities
Grant, Jesus after the Gospels
Harnack, History of Dogma
Harnack, Marcion
Hurtado, Lord Jesus Christ
----, One God, One Lord
Kelly, Early Christian Doctrines
Norris, The Christological Controversy
Osborn, The Emergence of Christian Theology
Pelikan, The Christian Tradition
Tobin, "Logos"

Lecture 18 The Divided Christ of the Separationists
Bauer, Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest Christianity
Brakke, The Gnostics
Casey, From Jewish Prophet to Gentile God
Ehrman, How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Prophet from Galilee
----, Lost Christianities
Grant, Jesus after the Gospels
Harnack, History of Dogma
Kelly, Early Christian Doctrines
King, What is Gnosticism?
Layton, The Gnostic Scriptures
Norris, The Christological Controversy
Osborn, The Emergence of Christian Theology
Pelikan, The Christian Tradition

Lecture 19 Christ's Dual Nature--Proto-Orthodoxy
Bauer, Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest Christianity
Casey, From Jewish Prophet to Gentile God
Dunzel, A Brief History of the Doctrine of the Trinity in the Early Church
Ehrman, How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Prophet from Galilee
----, Lost Christianities
Eusebius, The History of the Church
Grant, Jesus after the Gospels
Harnack, History of Dogma
Kelly, Early Christian Doctrines
Norris, The Christological Controversy
Osborn, The Emergence of Christian Theology
Pelikan, The Christian Tradition
Rusch, The Trinitarian Controversy
Tobin, "Logos"

Lecture 20 The Birth of the Trinity
Casey, From Jewish Prophet to Gentile God
Dunzel, A Brief History of the Doctrine of the Trinity in the Early Church
Ehrman, How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Prophet from Galilee
----, Lost Christianities
Eusebius, The History of the Church
Grant, Jesus after the Gospels
Groh and Gregg, Early Arianism
Harnack, History of Dogma
Kelly, Early Christian Doctrines
Norris, The Christological Controversy
Osborn, The Emergence of Christian Theology
Pelikan, The Christian Tradition
Rusch, The Trinitarian Controversy

Lecture 21 The Arian Controversy
Dunzel, A Brief History of the Doctrine of the Trinity in the Early Church
Ehrman, How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Prophet from Galilee
Groh and Gregg, Early Arianism
Harnack, History of Dogma
Kelly, Early Christian Doctrines
Norris, The Christological Controversy
Osborn, The Emergence of Christian Theology
Pelikan, The Christian Tradition
Rusch, The Trinitarian Controversy

Lecture 22 The Conversion of Constantine
Carroll, Constantine's Sword
Ehrman, How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Prophet from Galilee
Eusebius, The History of the Church
Groh and Gregg, Early Arianism
Harnack, History of Dogma

Lecture 23 The Council of Nicea
Dunzel, A Brief History of the Doctrine of the Trinity in the Early Church
Ehrman, How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Prophet from Galilee
Eusebius, The History of the Church
Groh and Gregg, Early Arianism
Harnack, History of Dogma

Lecture 24 Once Jesus Became God
Carroll, Constantine's Sword
Ehrman, How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Prophet from Galilee
Eusebius, The History of the Church
Gager, The Origin of Anti-Semitism
Harnack, History of Dogma
Kelly, Early Christian Doctrines
Osborn, The Emergence of Christian Theology
Pelikan, The Christian Tradition
Ruether, Faith and Fratricide
Rusch, The Trinitarian Controversy
Simon, Versus Israel

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