Jesus
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1) Agard, Bonnie. Jesus of Nazareth: Study Manual. Muskegon, Michigan: Gospel Films, Inc., 1987.
Reference Number: A-00066
1) Barclay, William. The Life of Jesus for Everyman. San Francisco, California: Harper & Row Publishers, 1965.
“Preparation. Conflict. Recognition. Tragedy. Triumph. His Body the Church. These are the master themes and acts in the drama of Christ’s life, as presented by one of the world’s most gifted religious authors. While most Bible study concentrates on detail, Dr. Barclay portrays the Gospel story with broad strokes on a large-sized canvas. His intention is to put forth the drama of Christ’s life as a whole, in the hope that in this way Jesus may come alive for every reader.”
Reference Number: B-00087
2) Barclay, William. The Mind of Jesus. San Francisco, California: Harper & Row Publishers, 1960.
“Jesus suffered, doubted, hoped, feared, dreamed, wept, knew loneliness, planned, and built. William Barclay achieves in The Mind of Jesus his aim “to make the figure of Jesus more vividly alive, so that we may know him better and love him more.” More than a study of the historical Jesus, this book radiates the author’s devotion to him and breaths a real, compassionate understanding of the Christ who walked among and suffered for common humanity. Barclay’s enthusiasm quickly draws the reader to a clearer understanding of the entire personality of Jesus. Written in a vivid, immediate, almost conversational style, The Mind of Jesus conveys with fresh impact the complete humanity and perfect divinity that evokes Barclay’s—and ultimately the readers’—wholehearted devotion.”
Reference Number: B-00088
3) Eshleman, Paul. I Just Saw Jesus. Laguna Niguel, California: The “Jesus” Film Project, 1985.
“Gleaned from the author’s travels in more that 50 countries during the past five year, this collection of moving stories of changed lives is a compelling look at how God’s hand is sweeping through the lives of individuals and nations. I Just Saw Jesus permits you to participate in this unusual out-pouring of God’s Spirit around the world. Your faith will be strengthened as you read how God is miraculously intervening and honoring the showing of “Jesus,” a film on Jesus’ life.”
Reference Number: E-00032
4) Killgallon, James, Weber, Gerard, and Ziegmann, Leonard. Life in Christ. Revised Edition. Chicago, Illinois: Life in Christ, 1976.
Reference Number: K-00026
5) Leon-Dufour, Xaver, S.J. The Gospels and the Jesus of History. Garden City, New York: Image Books, 1970.
“Who do you say I am? This all-important question with which Jesus confronted his disciples has reverberated down through the centuries. Who, indeed, is Christ? Was he, as some maintained, merely the founder of a revolutionary sect in ancient Palestine? Or is he, as Christians have always acknowledged, the incarnate son of God on earth? The Gospels and the Jesus of History is a brilliant examination of the true identity of Christ in which the author applies the most rigorous methods of historical criticism to the sources available.”
Reference Number: L-00040
6) Maloney, George A. Bright Darkness: Jesus—the Lover of Mankind. Denville, New Jersey: Dimension Books, 1977.
“Christian mystics down through the centuries have attempted to describe their inner experiences with God as “dazzling darkness,” “brightness of the most lucid darkness,” “teeming desert.” Father Maloney uses the theme of bright darkness to present Jesus Christ to modern readers hungry to meet Him in a prayerful experience. Jesus is divine and human, God and man, yet the prayerful experience of Jesus is an approach that brings together in paradoxical fashion, without separating, His dual natures.”
Reference Number: M-00092
7) Modras, Ronald. Jesus of Nazareth: A Life Worth Living. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Winston Press, Inc., 1983.
“Modras brings curious, seeking young adults an appealing narrative that shares with deceptive simplicity much of what modern scholarship knows about Jesus, who emerges as a model for truly human living. “This story of Jesus did not end with his death. The story begins anew each time young women and en feel a wind at their back and care to dream of a deeper freedom, a wider justice, a better world.”
Reference Number: M-00093
8) Pilch, John J. The Cultural World of Jesus: Sunday by Sunday, Cycle A. Collegeville, Minnesota. The Liturgical Press, 1995.
“The fifty-six essays in this book present cultural reflections on the gospel assigned for each Sunday in Cycle A of the Roman Lectionary. Each essay highlights aspects of the first-century, Eastern Mediterranean, cultural world in which Jesus lived and suggests a cross-cultural comparison with contemporary western culture. With this background information, readers can make more fitting applications of Scripture to modern life.”
Reference Number: P-00068
9) Sheen, Fulton J. Characters of the Passion: Lessons on Faith and Trust. Liguori, Missouri: Liguori/Triumph, 1998.
“This inspiring book, written by one of Christianity’s most prolific authors, discusses faith and the vital part it plays in our modern world. Using the stories of many of those who were influential in the life and death of Jesus, author Fulton J. Sheen gives us a better understanding of, and a fuller meaning to, faith. Recognizing that he challenges and pressures of society make it difficult for many to maintain their religious belief, Sheen takes you back to Calvary where he dramatically brings to life brief but penetrating characterizations of many of those who played important roles in the passion story. Their stories teach us about trust, despair, egotism, power, politics, doubt, love repentance, and more.”
Reference Number: S-00087
10) Sloyan, Gerard S. Jesus in Focus: A Life in its Setting. Mystic, Connecticut: Twenty-Third Publications, 1983.
“This book…brings Jesus into historical focus not only against Jewish tradition, but also in terms of other traditions such as Buddhism, Hinduism, and that of Muslims.”
Reference Number: S-00088
11) Smith, Thomas J. Jesus Alive! The Mighty Message of Mark. Winona, Minnesota: St. Mary’s College Press, 1973.
“Some things last a long time. Even in this age of rapid change when fashions, ideas, movements, and inventions move over quickly for new fashions, ideas, movements, and inventions, there are some things that remain rather constant. Heroes come and go, oftentimes lost in the maze of heroes of the next generations. But some personalities have lasted, proving the relevance of their message in many different societies and in many different periods of history. Jesus of Nazareth is one example of such a personality. Jesus has lasted a long time.”
Reference Number: S-00089
12) The Theological-Historical Commission for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000. Jesus Christ, Word of the Father the Savior of the World. New York, New York: The Crossroad Publishing Company, 1997.
“An accessible study aid for adult catechesis and religious education prepared by a special theological commission established by The Central Organizing Committee for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 at the Vatican. This is the first of a series of four volumes, on the Son, the Spirit, the Father, and the millennial year itself, to be published one per year to assist adults in preparation for the Holy Year 2000.”
Reference Number: T-00015
13) Watlington, Amanda G. Official Catholic Teachings: Christ our Lord. Wilmington, North Carolina: A Consortium Book for McGrath Publishing Company, 1978.
Reference Number: W-00026