The Life of Christ

Life of Christ is a lot of reading, a little at a time. William Ferarro gives a wonderful perspective of the life of Christ through archeological evidence. A great perspective, so far!

"The greatest book ever written on the life of Christ"--Edgar F. Parkyns. Brother Parkyns was a great professor and Bible teacher whose feet I was priviledged to sit at. It was he who told me about this book. Secure a copy if you can, and after walking through it's pages....make your own mind up. "A priceless, inspiring work about the life of Jesus Christ." Charles Hamilton Sr, Former Executive Director Northwest Teen Challenge, Author of From Darkness To Light and A Step Of Faith. [...] From Darkness To Light

I collect books about the life of Christ. I look for the best authors, the best texts, and then make my purchase. I have been buying them for several years and have recently been halted by the lack of anything new and excited. This text, by Farrar, is the best I have read. All others pale in contrast. It is my opinion that a lot of the best texts about the life of Christ came in the time of Farrar, if not before. These were men who went to the Holy Land, wrote histories, and had a talent for writing them. Some vary religiously from my own views, but all are commendable: most of all Farrar. From the beginning of this text you feel as though you are in the Holy Land. The writing is clear and concise. The research is bold and pleasant. If you are looking for a doctrinal treatise, look elsewhere; for this text is a history in every sense. The people, the culture, the atmosphere, the food, the dress, everything becomes alive and clear. Farrar is a talented writer (also writing a wonderful text in the life of Paul and Early Christianity) whose perfectly clear and subtle style is fully compensated with a historian's touch. Its greatest strength is in the details and objectivity. Any person wondering "what it was like" when Jesus lived should read this text. When considering his life, in the aspect of history wrapped in a well written text, there is no other text out there like this one. This one belongs to the Classic's of this subject and Farrar should be every Christian's mentor and every historian's icon.

Farrar was a 19th century British minister. He was a scholar with enyclopedic knowledge of other Protestant literature, biblical languages (especially Greek), and the geography of Palestine. He was also an eloquent author. Put all of this together and this is the best book on Christ (other than the New Testament itself) I have ever read. This book is replete with footnotes and explanatory texts for those who wish to delve deeper into other works or the original Greek. But for a layman like me, I still can enjoy the book and learn more depth on the subject. And though a scholar of the first rank, Farrar is a believer first and foremost who accepts the literalness of the Bible, resurrection, and the divinity of Christ, things which are lacking in way too many "scholars". I've read many books on Christ and this is the one I recommend to friends.