Jesus, His Life and Teachings: As Told to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John [Paperback]

Joseph Girzone, the author who so powerfully captured the spirit of Jesus in his Joshua novels and in his bestselling A Portrait of Jesus, now brings his work to culmination with a beautiful retelling of the life and work of Jesus based on the accounts in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

Girzone captures the greatest story ever told in language that will open the hearts of readers from all backgrounds. From the birth of the Messiah to the wedding at Cana, the Sermon on the Mount, the Passion, and the triumphant Resurrection, each episode and lesson from the life of Jesus is rendered with wisdom and freshness.


Elegantly designed, this trade paperback original will find an enthusiastic audience with the millions of Girzone readers. -->Praise for Joseph Girzone:

"Girzone draws on the wisdom of the centuries, writing [with]
humanity and spirit."
--Kirkus Reviews

"Girzone's empathy for the loneliness and insecurity of being human guides readers toward a more satisfying religious experience."
--Booklist

"Girzone uses Jesus' relationships with both God and others to define just what intimacy with God actually looks like."
--Publishers WeeklyThis is the story of Jesus, the Anointed of God. He was also called the Son of David, an official title reserved by his people for the savior they were expecting. Jesus' lineage is traced to the father of the Hebrew people, whose name was Abraham. Some of these ancestors were good people; some were not very admirable.

This is how his life began. His mother, Mary, a virgin, was engaged to a man named Joseph, an honorable man and a skilled woodworker by trade. The couple lived in Nazareth, a town in Galilee, the nol1