JesusFawcett Columbine, 1993 - 269 sider "Extraordinarily entertaining...Learned, witty...Wilson Ýis ̈ a gifted novelist and diligent biographer." NEW YORK NEWSDAY Sifting through 2,000 years of myth, miracle, sacred and profane texts, Biblical commentary, and archeological scholarship, A.N. Wilson overturns long-cherished legends about every aspect of Jesus' life. What emerges is a vivid, gripping narrative that combines impeccable scholarship with the dazzling intuitions of a brilliant literary mind. In JESUS: A LIFE, we discover anew the true beauty and wrenching drama of the life of the central figure in Western civilization. |
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