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Desire of the Everlasting Hills
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About the Book
Thomas Cahill is a life long scholar and a student of ancient Greek, Latin and Hebrew and has studied with some of America’s most distinguished literary and Biblical scholars. Thomas Cahill set out to create a seven set of popular non-fiction which would convey the roots of our collective history. His achievement has been to bring these titles alive for a modern reader while basing his work on prodigious research with original sources.
The sub-title tells it all: The World Before and After Jesus. Desire of Everlasting Hills is the third volume in the Hinges of History series.
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.
We see Jesus as a real person, sharp-witted and sharp-tongued, but kind, humorous, and affectionate, shadowed by the inevitable climax of crucifixion. Mary is a vivid presence and forceful influence on her son. And the apostle Paul, the carrier of Jesus´ message and most important figure in the early Christian movement, finds rehabilitation in Thomas Cahill´s realistic, revealing portrait.
This unique presentation of Jesus and his times is for believers and nonbelievers alike (for Jews and Christians, it is intended by the author as an act of reconciliation).
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