This text introduces the reader to Jesus of Nazareth. It describes the political climate of the time, the people Jesus knew and places them in a social and religious context in order to understand more about Jesus the person.
Showing how the Jews changed the history of the human race, this book reveals the critical change that made Western civilisation possible. Full of stories, insights, and humour, it is an exploration of the origins of some of our oldest and closely held beliefs.
This narrative tells how Irish monks and scribes saved classical and religious heritage by copying the manuscripts of writers such as Homer and Aristotle, while libraries on the continent were lost forever.