| Desire
of the Everlasting Hills
The World Before and After Jesus
Thomas Cahill
353 pages
Anchor Books, 1999
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How did an obscure rabbi and minor prophet from a backwater of the Roman
Empire come to be considered the central figure in Western civilization?
Did his influence in fact change the world? With his remarkable ability
to bring figures of the past to life, Cahill shows Jesus from his birth
to his execution through the eyes of those who knew him and in the context
of his time. Here is Jesus the loving friends, itinerant preacher, and
quiet revolutionary, whose words and actions inspired his followers
to journey throughout the Roman world and speak the truth he instilled.
Daring and provocative, Desire of the Everlasting Hills is
Thomas Cahill’s most compelling historical narrative yet.
About the
Author
With his best-selling classics How the Irish Saved Civilization and
The Gifts of the Jews, Thomas Cahill proved himself to be a master interpreter
of what he calls “the hinges of history” – crucial
turning points in the formation of Western Culture. Now, in his latest
book about people and events that changes the world, he turns his attention
to one pivotal individual: Jesus of Nazareth.
Review
Desire of the Everlasting Hills lays out extraordinary impact
of Jesus on all civilizations of the world. Cahill shows a remarkable
ability to absorb scholarship and come out with story of Jesus as person
and savior who can free us from what enslaves as individuals and society
- violence, power, religiosity. It is “must” reading for
Catholics today. It shows that we are saved as a people and as a society.
—Leo T. Mahon, a Catholic priest
for fifty years, is nationally recognized as a leader and innovator
in ministry. Mow retired after many years as a pastor, he was also a
missionary to Panama ad a pioneer in establishing basic Christian communities.
He is the author of Jesus
and His Message.
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