From Jesus to Christianity

Given the diversity of people, stories, and points of view in the New Testament, how did Christianity ever become what we know it as today? In From Jesus to Christianity, L. Michael White shares the astonishing story of how Christianity grew from the personal vision of a humble Jewish peasant living in a remote province of the Roman Empire into the largest organized religion in the world.

L. Michael White, one of the world's foremost scholars on the origins of Christianity, shows how the shared values, disagreements, and unifying mission of the earliest Christian communities formed what has come to be known as the New Testament. White explores the books of the New Testament in the sequence in which they were actually written to learn more about the world of early Christianity. From the rule of Imperial Rome to debates over the divinity of Jesus, From Jesus to Christianity is a fascinating exploration of the evolution of a faith. L. Michael White is Ronald Nelson Smith Chair in Classics and Christian Origins and is the Director of the Institute for the Study of Antiquity and Christian Origins (ISAC) at the University of Texas at Austin. He was featured in two award-winning PBS/Frontline documentaries: "From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians" and "Apocalypse! Time, History, and Revolution." He lives in Austin, Texas. "A splendid feast of a book, rich with insights from archaeology and cultural history. White has reinvented the 'introduction' to the New Testament and the story of early Christianity."- Wayne A. Meeks, Woolsey Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, Yale University
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