GAITHERSBURG, Md., May 16, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Jesus has been the subject of many fictionalized accounts that were composed to entertain and satisfy the imaginations of modern westerners, but Jesus lived 2000 years ago in the Near East. The real Jesus has remained a mystery. The historian, George Wesley Buchanan, however, has devoted nearly sixty years to learn about Jesus as he appeared in his own time among his own people. When Buchanan was a young pastor, members of his church asked him tantalizing questions about Jesus. How could he have been born of a virgin? How could he have been both human and at the same time God? How could God be both three and at the same time one? Was Jesus really raised from the dead? How could he have outwitted the government leaders of his country without ever having had to study? If he was God, how could he have suffered? Buchanan thought these questions were legitimate, and he spent nearly sixty years working through volumes in libraries in the Near East, Europe, and the U.S.A. in several different languages. He spent years walking over the very land where Jesus lived, learning about the geography and history of Jesus' day in his own country. Those who read Jesus the Statesman Without Default Settings will discover for the first time in-depth answers to provocative questions told simply so that everyone can understand it.
No previous author has studied Jesus as carefully as Buchanan has. Instead of following the conjectures of nineteenth century European scholars (default settings), Buchanan examined the gospels anew against the literature, history, and politics of Jesus' own day in his own country. The message of the book is clear. The gospels are more valid than others have realized. Jesus was a much greater, more competent, and religiously committed leader than others have learned. This book is insightful, provocative, fascinating, and historically sound. It reflects Buchanan's extensive knowledge of the ancient world and its literature. Everyone will want to read it.
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About the Author
Prof. George Wesley Buchanan is third in a family of ten children. He spent fourteen happy years as a pastor before teaching thirty-one years in a Theological Seminary. He has published many sermons, church school materials, poems, seventeen books, and more than sixty articles in academic journals.
Jesus The Statesman * by George Wesley Buchanan, Ph.D., Litt.D., D.S.L.
Without Default Settings
Publication Date: February 12, 2008
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