Three from Galilee: The Young Man from Nazareth

This book is by far one of the best books you can possibly get your hands on. Marjorie Holmes is such an extraordinary author. She writes with such vivid detail that it's like you're really there. She also has a decent vocabulary, and her descriptions are absolutely luscious. Best of all, she has taken the time to make sure her book is fairly accurate. You can really lose yourself in this book. Hours could go by as you're reading, and you wouldn't even realize it. I absolutely love this story. I can hardly bring myself to put it down, it's just so lovely and inspiring. I love the relationship between Joseph and Mary, but reading about Jesus is by far the best part of all. Holmes teaches us that Jesus had feelings just like the rest of us. He laughed, he cried, he cared for others, and it's possible that even he could have fallen in love. Full of sweetness, mystery, and poetry, this is one book that no living soul should go without reading.

I find this book well written and useful. Of course most of it is speculation based on what is known from ancient documents about Jesus' life from age 2 to 30 (of which there is little). But I think it is very helpful to speculate and have done so myself. It helps us to realize that Jesus was not some lofty deity who can't know what we go through, but himself experienced all the problems we have in this life, went through the same process of maturation and can sympathize and help us as we face the perplexities of life.

This is a beautiful fictional story about the childhood and early adulthood of Jesus. This could have happened. Since there is not much about His childhood in the Bible, it makes you wonder even more about His actual life and family and if it really could have been this way. This book is great for any age person who wants to get a small glimpse of that time period and what it may have been like to live then. Some biblical references make it more real for a Christian. Also read the first book about Mary and Joseph - Two from Galilee.

It was a real and personal way for me to see Jesus. Because he was fully man. Sometimes when we think of Jesus we forget that he was fully Man.