With a New Introduction by Sister Helen Prejean
The bestselling
Orbis classic with over 150,000 copies sold!
“This book,
with its telling title, is the most compelling book about Jesus that
I have ever read.”—Helen Prejean, author, Dead Man Walking
“The most
accurate and balanced short reconstruction of the life of the
historical Jesus.”—Harvey Cox, author, A
New Heaven: Death, Human Destiny, and the Kingdom of God
Nolan’s
portrait of Jesus introduces us to the man as he was before he became
enshrined in doctrine, dogma, and ritual, a man deeply involved with
the real problems of his time—which are the real problems of our
time as well. As the author says, “Nothing about Jesus will be
presupposed or assumed. . . . My interest is in the man as he was
before he became the object of Christian faith.