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The Bible says so by Dan McLellan. I've always been interested in where the biblical canon comes from and how it became it's current state. About four chapters in currently and I'm really enjoying it.
Never read it but I watch a lot of his YouTube videos and they're great.
Bart Ehrman is good for this too.
To add to this, I personally recommend "Did Jesus Exist" as the Dr. Ehrman follow up.
It has the same vibe as Dr. McClellan's book while also being an incredibly useful popular academic book. Just as accessible and covers the second most important part of Christianity to understand, the origin as opposed to the current discourse.
"How Jesus became God" being a natural progression.
Keep us updated. I'm really interested. I like his short videos and have been wanting to check out his book.
I finished the book a while back and I reference it often.
Its really good. All of the book is formatted as long form responses with citations and solid academic reason without being inaccessible.
What jargon there is is fully explained in the intro or in the text.
It was in fact a wonderful resource for a modern interpretation for the bible and a resource on modern discourse around it if you're not religious like myself.
Its good enough that I keep a spare copy to give to friends if they're interested in interpretations of stories inspired by or from Dan.