Jesus - a life
by Wilson, A. N
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- Fine, as new and unread.
- ISBN 10
- 0449908070
- ISBN 13
- 9780449908075
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New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1993. 1 thus. paperback. Fine, as new and unread.. C (216 x 135). An influential book written before Wilson returned to his former Christian faith and with all the scepticism that previously held him back. The Jesus of faith and the Jesus of history are two different beings. In this study, A.N. Wilson has tried to rescue Jesus from the tangles of Christian mythology and to present the reader with a portrait of Jesus the man. It traces the story of how the Man of Galilee - famed and popular as a healer and teacher - came to be arrested and killed in Jerusalem. In the course of telling his story, A.N. Wilson confronts the stranger story of the origins of Christianity. He expounds how easy it is to make false readings of the Gospels, which are the only source-material for the life of Jesus' birth in Bethlehem, his life as a carpenter in Nazareth, or, towards the end of his life, his betrayal by Judas or his institutions of the Christian Eucharist. Wilson also entertains some striking theories about the part played in this story by Saint Paul.
Synopsis
A.N. Wilson holds a prominent position in the world of letters and has been Literary Editor of both the Evening Standard and the Spectator . An award-winning biographer, he has written lives of Sir Walter Scott, Tolstoy, C.S. Lewis and Hilaire Belloc. When Jesus was first published in 1992 it caused a sensation. It was followed by A.N. Wilson’s equally controversial Paul , also available in Pimlico.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132069
- Title
- Jesus - a life
- Author
- Wilson, A. N
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New Fine, as new and unread.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1 thus
- ISBN 10
- 0449908070
- ISBN 13
- 9780449908075
- Publisher
- Fawcett Columbine
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Pages
- 269
- LCCN
- 93090036
- Keywords
- 1st, theology, history, Christianity
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- X weight
- 0.27 g
- Size
- C (216 x 135)
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