As usual, Ehrman skillfully points out all the contradictions in the Bible, in this case, the changing nature of Christians' conception of Jesus after his death. At first, a man who became divine when he (supposedly) ascended into heaven. Later, a man who god adopted as his son at Jesus' baptism. Then divine at his birth to a virgin mother. Eventually, always existing and always divine, but that took almost 400 years. This loses one half star because it is a bit repetitive, but that is Ehrman's habit in his books. In any case, when he is done, you won't have any doubt what he said. As a lecturer, he is a bit too strident. He starts out every lecture in a normal voice, but just gets more and more excited as he goes along. I streamed this on the excellent Kanopy service. If you're not familiar with it, see if your library provides access to Kanopy, Hoopla, and Libby. You won't have to pay for audiobooks or streaming video channels again! ( )