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| Jesus of Nazareth | 
 enlarge | Author: Pope Benedict Xvi
Publisher: Doubleday
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (153 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2494
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 0385523416
Dewey Decimal Number: 232.901
EAN: 9780385523417
ASIN: 0385523416
Publication Date: May 15, 2007
Release Date: May 15, 2007
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 The Pope puts a face on Jesus April 6, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book written by Pope Benedict XVI is his attempt to put a "face" on Jesus. While the book is rather scholarly it is a very good read for Christians and others who are looking for a better understanding of Christianity. The chapter on the Lords Prayer, the one Prayer that is part of all of the different groups across Christianity should be must reading for those who study religion.
This book is not written from a Catholic perspective rather a Judeo/Christian perspective.
Excellent for Meditation April 6, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is excellent for meditating. I bought the audio book and am very happy with my purchase. I really think Pope Benedict XVI really gives us an invaluable material here for meditating and understanding the life of Jesus, which is our faith, our Lord and our Savior.
An antidote against defamation, among other things... April 3, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
When Cardinal Ratzinger was elevated to St. Peter's chair, the media predicted he would usher an age of Catholic intolerance since, as Prefect for the Congregation of the doctrine of the Faith, he purportedly was Torquemada's successor. They also dug up that he had been in the Hitler Youth (as was obligatory of all German male teenagers of his time) and predicted a wave of Catholic Antisemitism. Benedict XVI will never get a deserved apology for the smears, but the rest of us at least can gloat at how his book proved the slanderers wrong.
His candid reflections betray a deeply sentimental man who simply loves Jesus above anything else, not a fire-breathing ayatollah damning those who don't conform with his views. And I have not came across a better book to illuminate the Jewish context of Jesus' life. Moreover, the chapter discussing of Neusner's "A Rabbi talks with Jesus" leaves no doubt as to how much Benedict XVI respects, no, cherishes Judaism.
So, if for example, you want to understand what Jesus REALLY meant when he spoke of relieving our burdens in Mt 11:28-30 or the profound significance of Peter's comment about the tents at the Transfiguration in Mt 17:4, you simply cannot pass this book up. And while your understanding of the Gospels deepens as you read "Jesus of Nazareth", you will also be truly glad of getting to know our Pope.
More than I could have hoped March 31, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
My favorite work by Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI). He has distilled a lifetime of the loftiest scholarship into words intelligible to every man and woman. I do not exaggerate when I say that lifetime students of Scripture and theology will discover fresh insights in every chapter. I consider it the perfect marriage of scholarship and spirituality - the knowledge of Christ Jesus is meant to draw us into ever deeper communion with the Triune God. I cannot praise this work enough.
Jesus of Nazareth March 30, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I hadn't intended to read this book, thinking it would not offer anything new to me. I was wrong. The book is a deeply religious, scholarly and beautiful series of reflections on the meaning of Jesus'incarnation.Benedict says: "...this book is in no way an exercise of the magesterium, but is solely an expression of my personal search "for the face of the Lord." (p.xxiii) I would recommend it to any serious Christian, whether Catholic or other.``
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