THE HOLY LAND IN THE TIME OF JESUS

by Norman and the editors of Horizon Magazin Kotker ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 1, 1967

This dispassionate, secular history of the Holy Land before, during and immediately following the life of Jesus, given insubstantial detail, enlarges upon and adds greatly to the New Testament. Photographs of present-day Jerusalem anchor Biblical history firmly to reality, while reproductions of medieval paintings in glowing colors transcend the text to suggest the religious significance of the events which are described in a temporal way. The careers of Herod, John the Baptist, Jesus and Paul; the relationship of the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes to each other, to the Romans, and to Christianity; the second destruction of the Temple; the survival of Jewish and Christian ideas: real history in a real political, economic and social context. Written in a highly descriptive style and sumptuously adorned, this is history plus--a 900 counterpart to 200 Biblical addenda.

Pub Date: March 1, 1967

ISBN: N/A

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Publisher: Harper (Horizon Caravel)

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1967

Categories: NONFICTION