The announcement that A N Wilson, possibly the last survivor of
that ancient trade, a man of letters, was to write a 'proper'
biography of Jesus Christ gave rise to laughter, anxiety and
gnashing of teeth, dependent on point of view; but in the main it
was felt that the task was quite simply impossible. As it
transpires the result is as the author intended, as near as
possible the story of Jesus using the sources available. His
success will undoubtedly be of little consolation to some devout
Christians, and it should be said that the author is a recent
apostate from that religion after a lifetime of belief. But the
figure of Jesus that emerges is thoroughly sympathetic, if not
quite the one we learnt about in Sunday School having been stripped
of various dubious, if often biblical, accretions. (Kirkus UK)
The Jesus of Faith and the Jesus of History are two different
beings, with two different stories. In this brilliant and
bestselling biography, A. N. Wilson reappraises our readings of the
Gospels and, with extraordinary insight and clarity, reinterprets
the story of Jesus's birth, his life as a carpenter and the
dramatic events surrounding his arrest and trial. Written with
profound scepticism, A. N. Wilson's book triumphantly rescues Jesus
from the tangles of Christian history, presenting us with a
compelling portrait of the man behind the myth.
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