The definitive life of Jesus from the bestselling author of A History of Christianity. Few figures have had such an influence on the world as Jesus of Nazareth. Paul Johnsons brilliant and powerful reading of Jesus life at once captures his transfiguring message and his historical complexity. With a superb historians command of his subject, a masterly writers love of language, and a believers passion, Johnson presents a lucid and deeply moving biography of a man whose life changed the course of history. Jesus offers readers a succinct yet lively account of the man who inspired one of the worlds great religions and whose lessons still guide us today.