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Killing Jesus : a history / Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Thorndike Press large print core seriesPublisher: Detroit : Thorndike Press, 2013Edition: Large print editionDescription: 397 pages (large print) : illustrations, map ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1410462420 (lg. print : hbk.)
  • 9781410462428 (lg. print : hbk.)
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Contents:
A note to readers -- Book 1 : The world of Jesus. Bethlehem, Judea, March, 5 B.C., morning -- Rome, March 15, 44 B.C., 11 A.M. -- Philippi, Northern Greece, October 23, 42 B.C., morning -- Jordan River Valley, Judea, March 22, A.D. 7, noon -- Jerusalem, March 23, A.D. 7, afternoon -- Book 2 : Behold the man. Jordan River, Perea, A.D. 26, midday -- Villa Jovis, Capri, A.D. 26, night -- Jerusalem, April, A.D. 27, day -- Capernaum, Galilee, Summer, A.D. 27, afternoon -- Galilee, April, A.D. 29, day -- Jerusalem, October, A.D. 29, day -- Book 3 : If you are the Son of God, take yourself off this cross. Outside Jerusalem, Sunday, April 2, A.D. 30, afternoon -- Jerusalem, Monday, April 3, A.D. 30, morning -- Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 3, A.D. 30, morning -- Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 4, A.D. 30, night -- Lower city of Jerusalem, Thursday, April 4, A.D. 30, night -- Jerusalem, Friday, April 7, A.D. 30, early morning/day -- Jerusalem's upper city, April 7, A.D. 30, 8:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M. -- Jerusalem's Upper City, April 7, A.D. 30, 3:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M. -- Pilate's palace, Jerusalem, Saturday, April 8, A.D. 30, day -- Jesus's tomb, Sunday, April 9, A.D. 30, dawn -- Afterword -- Postscript -- Sources.
Summary: Details the events leading up to the murder of the most influential man in history: Jesus of Nazareth. Nearly two thousand years after this beloved and controversial young revolutionary was brutally killed by Roman soldiers, more than 2.2 billion human beings attempt to follow his teachings and believe he is God. Killing Jesus takes readers inside Jesus's life, recounting the seismic political and historical events that made his death inevitable -- and changed the world forever.
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#1 New York Times Bestselling Author sMillions of readers have thrilled to Killing Kennedy and Killing Lincoln, page-turning works of nonfiction that changed the way we read history. Now the bestselling team details the events leading up to the murder of the most influential man in history: Jesus of Nazareth.Nearly two thousand years after this beloved and controversial young revolutionary was brutally killed by Roman soldiers, over 2.2 billion people follow his teachings and believe he is God. Taking readers inside Jesus's life, the authors recount the seismic political and historical events that made his death inevitable -- and changed the world forever.

Originally published: New York : H. Holt, 2013.

A note to readers -- Book 1 : The world of Jesus. Bethlehem, Judea, March, 5 B.C., morning -- Rome, March 15, 44 B.C., 11 A.M. -- Philippi, Northern Greece, October 23, 42 B.C., morning -- Jordan River Valley, Judea, March 22, A.D. 7, noon -- Jerusalem, March 23, A.D. 7, afternoon -- Book 2 : Behold the man. Jordan River, Perea, A.D. 26, midday -- Villa Jovis, Capri, A.D. 26, night -- Jerusalem, April, A.D. 27, day -- Capernaum, Galilee, Summer, A.D. 27, afternoon -- Galilee, April, A.D. 29, day -- Jerusalem, October, A.D. 29, day -- Book 3 : If you are the Son of God, take yourself off this cross. Outside Jerusalem, Sunday, April 2, A.D. 30, afternoon -- Jerusalem, Monday, April 3, A.D. 30, morning -- Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 3, A.D. 30, morning -- Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 4, A.D. 30, night -- Lower city of Jerusalem, Thursday, April 4, A.D. 30, night -- Jerusalem, Friday, April 7, A.D. 30, early morning/day -- Jerusalem's upper city, April 7, A.D. 30, 8:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M. -- Jerusalem's Upper City, April 7, A.D. 30, 3:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M. -- Pilate's palace, Jerusalem, Saturday, April 8, A.D. 30, day -- Jesus's tomb, Sunday, April 9, A.D. 30, dawn -- Afterword -- Postscript -- Sources.

Details the events leading up to the murder of the most influential man in history: Jesus of Nazareth. Nearly two thousand years after this beloved and controversial young revolutionary was brutally killed by Roman soldiers, more than 2.2 billion human beings attempt to follow his teachings and believe he is God. Killing Jesus takes readers inside Jesus's life, recounting the seismic political and historical events that made his death inevitable -- and changed the world forever.

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