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Desire of the Everlasting Hills by Thomas Cahill
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Desire of the Everlasting Hills

The World Before and After Jesus

The World Before and After Jesus

The World Before and After Jesus

By Thomas Cahill

By Thomas Cahill

By Thomas Cahill

By Thomas Cahill

By Thomas Cahill
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Feb 13, 2001 | 368 Pages

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Apr 28, 2010 | 368 Pages

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Jul 05, 2000 | 540 Minutes

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    About Desire of the Everlasting Hills

    From the bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization and The Gifts of the Jews, his most compelling historical narrative yet.

    How did an obscure rabbi from a backwater of the Roman Empire come to be the central figure in Western Civilization? Did his influence in fact change the world? These are the questions Thomas Cahill addresses in his subtle and engaging investigation into the life and times of Jesus.

    Cahill shows us Jesus from his birth to his execution through the eyes of those who knew him and in the context of his time—a time when the Jews were struggling to maintain their beliefs under overlords who imposed their worldview on their subjects. Here is Jesus the loving friend, itinerate preacher, and quiet revolutionary, whose words and actions inspired his followers to journey throughout the Roman world and speak the truth he instilled—in the face of the greatest defeat: Jesus’ crucifixion as a common criminal. Daring, provocative, and stunningly original, Cahill’s interpretation will both delight and surprise.

    About Desire of the Everlasting Hills

    From the bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization and The Gifts of the Jews, his most compelling historical narrative yet.

    How did an obscure rabbi from a backwater of the Roman Empire come to be the central figure in Western Civilization? Did his influence in fact change the world? These are the questions Thomas Cahill addresses in his subtle and engaging investigation into the life and times of Jesus.

    Cahill shows us Jesus from his birth to his execution through the eyes of those who knew him and in the context of his time—a time when the Jews were struggling to maintain their beliefs under overlords who imposed their worldview on their subjects. Here is Jesus the loving friend, itinerate preacher, and quiet revolutionary, whose words and actions inspired his followers to journey throughout the Roman world and speak the truth he instilled—in the face of the greatest defeat: Jesus’ crucifixion as a common criminal. Daring, provocative, and stunningly original, Cahill’s interpretation will both delight and surprise.

    BONUS MATERIAL: This ebook edition includes an excerpt from Thomas Cahill’s Heretics and Heroes.

    About Desire of the Everlasting Hills

    From the bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization and The Gifts of the Jews, his most compelling historical narrative yet.

    How did an obscure rabbi from a backwater of the Roman Empire come to be the central figure in Western Civilization? Did his influence in fact change the world? These are the questions Thomas Cahill addresses in his subtle and engaging investigation into the life and times of Jesus.

    Cahill shows us Jesus from his birth to his execution through the eyes of those who knew him and in the context of his time—a time when the Jews were struggling to maintain their beliefs under overlords who imposed their worldview on their subjects. Here is Jesus the loving friend, itinerate preacher, and quiet revolutionary, whose words and actions inspired his followers to journey throughout the Roman world and speak the truth he instilled—in the face of the greatest defeat: Jesus’ crucifixion as a common criminal. Daring, provocative, and stunningly original, Cahill’s interpretation will both delight and surprise.


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    Also by Thomas Cahill

    St. Patrick: The First Missionary
    Heretics and Heroes
    A Saint on Death Row
    Mysteries of the Middle Ages
    Sailing the Wine Dark Sea
    See all books by Thomas Cahill

    Also by Thomas Cahill

    St. Patrick: The First Missionary
    Heretics and Heroes
    A Saint on Death Row
    Mysteries of the Middle Ages
    Sailing the Wine Dark Sea
    See all books by Thomas Cahill

    About Thomas Cahill

    Thomas Cahill’s appealing approach to distant history has won the attention of millions of readers in North America and beyond. Cahill is the author of five previous volumes in the Hinges of History series: How the Irish Saved Civilization, The Gifts of… More about Thomas Cahill

    About Thomas Cahill

    Thomas Cahill’s appealing approach to distant history has won the attention of millions of readers in North America and beyond. Cahill is the author of five previous volumes in the Hinges of History series: How the Irish Saved Civilization, The Gifts of… More about Thomas Cahill

    About Thomas Cahill

    Thomas Cahill’s appealing approach to distant history has won the attention of millions of readers in North America and beyond. Cahill is the author of five previous volumes in the Hinges of History series: How the Irish Saved Civilization, The Gifts of… More about Thomas Cahill

    Product Details

    Paperback | $16.95
    Published by Anchor
    Feb 13, 2001 | 368 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780385483728

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Anchor
    Apr 28, 2010 | 368 Pages | ISBN 9780307755100

    Audiobook Download | $14.95
    Published by Random House Audio
    Jul 05, 2000 | 540 Minutes | ISBN 9780553750416

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    Praise

    "Divertingly instructive—gratifying—. [Cahill] makes Jesus a still-living literary presence."—The New York Times

    "Engaging—. Cahill strips away the pious accretions of 2000 years so that a picture of Jesus as an actual human being emerges."—BookPage

    "A deft march through time and through theology in the making—. [Cahill’s] own gift-giving is his ability to climb inside the scholarship and enliven it."—Philadelphia Inquirer

    "Cahill constructs his stories as occassions for celebration…He seeks to encourage a sense of appreciation for the gifts offered the present from the past…Each of his books offers moments of genuine insight into the workings of culture, literature, and the human heart." -Luke Timothy Johnson, Commonweal

    "Compelling—powerful—. Cahill is a convivial storyteller."—Portland Oregonian

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