Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus-Fast Shipping

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization comes a compelling historical narrative about Jesus—an obscure rabbi from a backwater of the Roman Empire who became the central figure in Western Civilization.

“Divertingly …[Cahill] makes Jesus a still-living literary presence.” —The New York Times

In his subtle and engaging investigation into the life and times of Jesus, Thomas Cahill shows us Jesus from his birth to his execution through the eyes of thosewho knew him and in the context of his time—a time when the Jews were strugglingto maintain their beliefs under overlords who imposed their worldview on their is Jesus the loving friend, itinerate preacher, and quiet revolutionary, whosewords and actions inspired his followers to journey throughout the Roman world andspeak the truth he instilled—in the face of the greatest defeat: Jesus’ crucifixionas a common , provocative, and stunningly original, Cahill’s interpretationwill both delight and surprise.