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Jesus of Nazareth From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration by Pope Benedict XVI; Joseph Ratzinger is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.

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“This book is... my personal search ‘for the face of the Lord.'” –Benedict XVIIn this bold, momentous work, the Pope––in his first book written as Benedict XVI––seeks to salvage the person of Jesus from recent “popular” depictions and to restore Jesus'true identity as discovered in the Gospels. Through his brilliance as a theologian and his personal conviction as a believer, the Pope shares a rich, compelling, flesh-and-blood portrait of Jesus and incites us to encounter, face-to-face, the central figure of the Christian faith. From Jesus of Nazareth: “... the great question that will be with us throughout this entire book: But what has Jesus really brought, then, if he has not brought world peace, universal prosperity, and a better world? What has he brought? The answer is very simple: God. He has brought God! He has brought the God who once gradually unveiled his countenance first to Abraham, then to Moses and the prophets, and then in the wisdom literature–the God who showed his face only in Israel, even though he was also honored among the pagans in various shadowy guises. It is this God, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, the true God, whom he has brought to the peopl

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Author

Pope Benedict XVI; Joseph Ratzinger

Publisher

Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780385523417

Category

religious

Subjects

Memoir, Christian, Fiction

Rating

4.35 / 5 (3,712 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13