"As Cajun Country is to New Orleans and Kerry is to Dublin, the Galilean hills were the ultimate boonies". With these words Thomas Cahill, the self taught historical and biblical scholar who speaks two languages and reads four, including ancient Hebrew and Greek, describes in his own fascinating way the image of the land of Jesus as he no doubt understood it himself. After all, it was the future disciple Nathaniel who said about Jesus when first hearing of him, "What good can come from Nazareth?"
This is not a book that waffles over what is and is not a fact of history. Cahill focuses boldly upon what the vast majority of Christian scholars believe is historically true of Jesus and he does not wince at miracles and the supernatural of Jesus which has never been 'proven' false.
On the other hand Thomas is no biblical literalist either. He shares his knowledge of the ancient languages which at times corrects King James Version assumptions of what the original words meant.
A biblical guide book for the home-scholar looking for a modern, educated take on Scripture that is fun to read and worthy of being read. Who was and is this Jesus? Read it and know more.
-Ken
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