The Hidden Jesus: A New Life

A tight clean first edition/printing, protected in a new brodart wrapper, n ot price clipped/ex library or a book of the month edition. Celebrity biographer and former monk Donald Spoto (author of Diana: The Las t Year) applies his impressive research skills to the life of Jesus. From t he get go, Spoto makes it clear that he's willing to upend many of the domi nant beliefs about Jesus. For example, Spoto asserts that Jesus was born in Nazareth, not the little town of Bethlehem. (Matthew and Luke apparently p laced their accounts of the birth in Bethlehem, the home of King David, in order to substantiate the belief that Jesus descended from the line of Davi d.) And so it goes, with Spoto stating that the virginal conception should not be literally interpreted, that there is no evidence of an unusually bri ght star around the time of Jesus' birth, and that Jesus was not an only ch ild, but in fact the eldest of seven. Fortunately, Spoto maintains a respectful and pensive tone throughout--a welcome departure from the tawdry details of some of his celebrity biographies. Spoto uses his investigative talents to reveal the meaning as much as the historical facts of Jesus' life and afterlife. At its core, The Hidden Life of Jesus is a Christian's personal quest and resulting theory into the ultimate meaning and enduring impact of Jesus of Nazareth.

Product Info

ISBN: 0312192827

ISBN-13: 9780312192822

Publisher: St Martins Pr

Year: 1998

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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