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Average Rating:  out of 20 Reviews
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Price: $16.95
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Sale: $9.86
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Manufacturer: Ignatius Press
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UPC (Universal Product Code): 008987041979
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EAN (European Article Number): 9780898704198
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: F. J. Sheed
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Publisher: Ignatius Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 232.901
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Publication Date: 1992-12
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Reading Level: 397
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Description: This modern spiritual classic by Frank Sheed, the renowned author, publisher and lecturer, is brought back into print for the benefit of new generations of readers to develop a deeper, more profound knowledge of Jesus Christ. Sheed's concern with the Gospels is to come to know Christ as he actually lived among us, interacted with all the various people he encountered from his infancy to his passion and death--the God-man who was like us in all things except sin. Sheed has tried especially to see Our Lord in his effect upon others--seeing how they saw him, trying to see why they saw him so. There is much about Mary and Joseph in their task of bringing up a baby who was literally adorable; about John the Baptist; about Mary of Bethany and Mary Magdalen; about Nicodemus; about people we meet only for a moment, like the man born blind and the owners of the drowned swine; and why the Pharisees, not only the worst of them but some of the best, would not accept Christ.
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Customer Reviews
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Review Summary: Fantastic way to get to know the Lord |
Date: 2008-11-13 |
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Details: The primary duty - and hopefully, the primary desire - of every Christian is "to know Christ Jesus." The Gospels are the principal, and only divinely inspired, means in which one can encounter Christ in written form. Yet, for all their beauty and simplicity, the Gospels can be distant from our own time and culture, both in the style in which they were written, and the setting in which they are based. Famed Catholic apologist Frank Sheed's classic "To Know Christ Jesus" bridges this gap masterfully, allowing the reader to transport himself back to the time of Christ and understand more fully the life of the Lord.
Sheed does something that has fallen out of favor in modern times: bring the four Gospels together into one carefully woven narrative. It is true that when doing a scholarly study of the Gospels, one must address the differences found in the four Gospels. Issues such as the Mark-Q hypothesis or the differences between the synoptic Gospels and John's Gospel are ignored in this book, as they should be: Sheed's purpose is not scholarly, but primarily devotional. He desires for his reader to encounter Christ directly and come to know him better. Sheed writes in modern novel form the life of Christ based on the best sources available and he does this with great success, as the end result is readable, informative, and faithful to the Gospel accounts.
Buy "To Know Christ Jesus" for any friend or family member who would like to get to know Christ better - be assured that if they read this book, that will happen!
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Review Summary: Favorite all-time . . . |
Date: 2008-08-21 |
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Details: This book is my favorite all-time meditation starter. I like the idea of focusing on Christ's life for my meditations, for the obvious reason that we become like what we think about all the time. Well, this book brings all four gospels into play in a chronological discussion of Christ's life, adding touches of culture and history that the average person would not be aware of. This approach adds loads of meaning to what happens in the gospel accounts, since 21st-Century Americans really do have a hard time understanding some of the events and wording in the gospels. Frank Sheed's efficient use of the English language makes this not exactly an easy read, but a meaningful one, even for the average layperson. |
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Review Summary: Comment on book description |
Date: 2008-04-02 |
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Details: I checked the web site at www.ignatius.com for this item using the ISBN 13: 9780898704198, and the description there is of a paperback book.
The description below is from the Ignatius site
[ ISBN: 9780898704198
Author: Frank Sheed
Length: 399 pages
Edition: Paperback
]
I think that back in 1992 the book was published in hardcover under ISBN 10: 0898704197, but that edition appears not to be available any more.
I am providing this review solely about the edition that is available here rather than about the content of the book. I haven't read the copy I received yet, it was a paperback even though i was expecting a hardcover.
PS: after writing this review I requested that amazon.come make a change to the description of the books binding from "hard cover" to "paperback" and amazon.come agreed to the change. Now any purchaser will know exactly what they are getting when they order the book. I am impressed with amazon.come's willingness to make the change suggested. |
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Review Summary: A Great Help to Meditation |
Date: 2008-01-10 |
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Details: F. J. Sheed was a brilliant writer. His To Know Christ Jesus, like Fulton Sheen's Life of Christ, is a great help to reading all four Gospels at the same time coherently, for as the author states, they were not written with chronology in mind, therefore the sequence of Gospel events could be confusing at times. Sheed not only guides the reader step by step through Christ's life, but as a friend of Christ (clearly the author was a man of deep prayer) he also makes the reader stop at certain places along the way to help him meditate and bring depth to the reality of Christ and the significance of His actions on Earth. This is truly a masterful spiritual work. I recommend reading it with the Bible open. It will deepen anyone's understanding and knowledge of Christ and give one a keener sense for detail, and one cannot love what one does not know well, hence the importance of this book. |
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Review Summary: no better guide to the gospels |
Date: 2007-06-13 |
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Details: This book provides the best gospel commentary/reflection known to man.
For every gospel story, this book has a thorough look at the passage along with comments on related passages. This book is well-written and easy to read. You can skip from chapter to chapter, or just read from start to finish.
Though it is easy to read, the material is dense. I've re-read this book 3 times and I'm still getting new stuff from it.
There are few books that I will *specifically* require my children to read. This is one of them. (Though I guess I'll have to wait 'til the kids are about 15-16.) |
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