Christ: The First Two Thousand Years: From Holy Man to Global Brand: How Our View of Christ Has Changed Across

by Martyn Whittock and Esther Whittock

Book Overview

How has Christ been seen for the last two millennia? From the Christ of the Gospels to the Isa of Islam, this book explores the way Jesus Christ has been viewed, described, promoted, opposed and written about. What did the word 'Christ' mean in the first century, and how did it resonate with the politics and religion of the time? And beyond that, how was Jesus seen in the New Testament, and then onto the time of the Desert Fathers? What of the heretical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745970451
• ISBN13: 9780745970455
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Lion Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 7.7"