Why was Christianity so odd in its time and how did it change the way we think of religion today?\n\nLarry Hurtado is Professor Emeritus of New Testament Language, Literature,and Theology in the school of divinity at the University of Edinburgh. His research has focused on the origins and development of what he calls \u201cdevotion to Jesus\u201d in earliest Christianity. He is an author of numerous books and an authority on the Gospels (esp. Gospel of Mark), the Apostle Paul, Early Christology, the Jewish Background of the New Testament, and New Testament Textual Criticism.\n\nWe discuss his latest book is Destroyer of the Gods: Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World.