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Jesus Spiral-Bound | 2011-02-22

Paul Johnson

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The definitive life of Jesus from the bestselling author of A History of Christianity

The definitive life of Jesus from the bestselling author of A History of Christianity.

Few figures have had such an influence on the world as Jesus of Nazareth. Paul Johnson's brilliant and powerful reading of Jesus' life at once captures his transfiguring message and his historical complexity. With a superb historian's command of his subject, a masterly writer's love of language, and a believer's passion, Johnson presents a lucid and deeply moving biography of a man whose life changed the course of history. Jesus offers readers a succinct yet lively account of the man who inspired one of the world's great religions and whose lessons still guide us today.
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 256 pages
ISBN-10: 0143118773
Item Weight: 0.4 lbs
Dimensions: 5.11 x 0.65 x 7.7 inches
Praise for Paul Johnson:
"His is a tour de force, one of the most ambitious surveys of the history of Christianity ever attempted."-The New York Review of Books on A History of Christianity

"Johnson brings to his subject a vitality that can't be matched in any of the professional one-volume histories. . . . His writing is dramatic without histrionics, graphic without being highly colored."-The New York Times for The History of the Jews

"It is Johnson's gift that he can make his subjects human and fallible enough that we would, indeed, recognize them instantly, while also illuminating what made them heroes."-The Washington Post

"Paul Johnson is the most celebrated and best-loved British historian in America."-The Wall Street Journal

Paul Johnson's many books, including A History of Christianity, A History of the Jews, Modern Times, Churchill, and Napoleon: A Penguin Life, have been hailed as masterpieces of historical analysis. He is a regular columnist for Forbes and The Spectator, and his work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and many others publications. He lives in London.