Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus by Thomas Cahill

Cahill's most daring and provocative subject yet: Jesus of Nazareth, the central figure of Western civilization.

In Desire of the Everlasting Hills, Thomas Cahill takes up his most daring and provocative subject yet: Jesus of Nazareth, the central figure of Western civilization.

Introducing us first to "the people Jesus knew," Thomas Cahill describes the oppressive Roman political presence, the pervasive Greek cultural influence, and especially the widely varied social and religious context of the Judaism in which Jesus moved and flourished. These backgrounds, essential to a complete understanding of Jesus, lead to the author's stunningly original interpretation of the New Testament--much of it based on material from the ancient Greek brilliantly translated by the author himself--that will delight readers and surprise even biblical scholars.

Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus by Thomas Cahill