The details on the distinctiveness of the early Christian movement can be found in Larry Hurtado’s Destroyer of the Gods. The Michael Green quote and line about Hosea’s story ending were from Tim Keller, and the story about Karl Barth is from Fleming Rutledge’s The Crucifixion.

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