This is a wonderful informative book and the historicity is honest about all the other incidents that took place around that time. I would recommend this book to anyone who has a love for Christ. I bought this book at discounted price from here: https://www.amazon.com/Life-Times-Jes......more
I started reading this book like I would read any other book on my reading list and approximately six months later I was still reading it. This is one of the most researched books I think I have ever read or heard of. When I 1st started reading it, I thought since it was written in the late 1890's t ...more
Ok I finished this monumental work and feel like I have scaled everest . It took nearly four years of devotional reading spending part of my shabat reading the scriptural background for each chapter from the gospels and then edersheim's perspective. The result is a deeper conviction in the historici ...more
Scholarly with a warm devotional tone Edersheim’s book is great reading. A converted Jewish scholar of the first century customs he illuminates the life of Christ with insight unavailable to the average reader. You can look this book up for yourself at http://www.ccel.org/ccel/edersheim/li... Particu ...more
A labor of love! Not sure I've ever studied my scriptures so much before. I loved the first book, but to read 800 pages and then realize there was a second book with 650 pages, just about killed me. He is an incredible man and there are too many dog-earred pages to explain so I will just share a few ...more
Alfred Edersheim, who was born a Jew and didn't convert until grown, had an incredible knowledge of Jewish theology, manners and customs, and so on--not just the Talmud, but rabbinic writings over the centuries. For that the book could merit 5 stars. But in many ways he seemed isolated fro ...more
Primeramente, el autor fue un presbiteriano de origen judío y, como puede notarse en estos volúmenes (de los que Editorial Vida publicó, originalmente, dos), dedicó su vida a estudiar académicamente el Talmud y las tradiciones hebreas para entender mejor el Nuevo Testamento, algo bastante peculiar p ...more
This is the ultimate guide of the customs and details of Israel during Jesus' day. Not an easy read... It makes me wonder if Edersheim was getting paid by the word. But if you can wade through the verbiage, it is well worth it. ...more
I enjoy books that present the Jewish background of the Christian faith. Alfred Edersheim's book is an essential volume on my bookshelf. He takes the reader through the gospel story in a chronological manner. The book is written from the perspective of a man who traveled through the land and saw the ...more
Originally printed in the late 1890's this book has endured through the times in various editions. It is the very BEST 1 volume on the Life and Times of Christ. It is about 1,000 pages, full of scholarly footnotes. Greek and latin, and some Aramaic is detailed. Edersheim was an Anglican by faith, a ...more