About the book: 2016 / Jesus was a low-class preacher living in the outback of rural Galilee, convicted of breaking the law and crucified for crimes against the Roman state. However, soon after his death, his followers began to claim that Jesus was a divine being. They subsequently declared that Jesus was none other than God himself, the Creator of heaven and earth. How did the crucified peasant come to be thought of as the Lord, the beginning of all things? This book is a comprehensive, competent account of how ideas about Jesus of Nazareth emerged and developed among his followers after the execution of their teacher.