Discover the life of Jesus of Nazareth like never before in this new English verse translation of the four gospels into a single, unified account. Volume I presents 100 distinct poetic chapters taking the reader from the time before Jesus' birth up to the first stages of his ministry. Each chapter presents a different episode in his life, based on passages from one or more of the gospels, combining the richness of detail provided by the evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke and John

Book of Jesus is a 'Gospel Harmony', that is, an attempt to "harmonize" the texts of the four New Testament gospels into a continuous account of Jesus's life. The first such work that appeared was the 'Diatesseron' of Tatian, which has been dated between 160-175 ACE. His was the first work that brought all of the episodes of the canonical gospels together into a single opus - one then used as a lectionary for the purpose of worship. A far more recent example of gospel harmony was 'A Translation Harmony and Analysis of the Gospels' (1892) by Count Leo Tolstoy, which was immensely popular both in its full version and in an abridged form entitled 'The Gospel in Brief ' that same year. Only a few instances exist of the gospels being rendered into a single work in verse, as presented here by contemporary English language poet Edouard d'Araille ('Adapa's Ascent', 'The Fallen', 'Love Immortal', 'Ground Zero', 'Words Can't Hold...').

Volume I of Book of Jesus presents the events occurring before Jesus' birth, the complete 'Nativity' sequence, Jesus' anointing by John the Baptist, the earliest beginnings of his ministry and the start of his coming into conflict with the established religions of his day. At no point does this translation diverge from the texts of its four sources, the canon gospels.

BOOK OF JESUS:

• Includes the complete text of Volume I of Edouard d'Araille's unified English verse translation of the gospels (over 350 pages of poetry)
• Features 100 individual poetic chapters, each one entirely based on the authorized New Testament canonical gospels in Koine Greek
• Is visually brought to life with 30 original black-&-white engravings by renowned French artist Gustave Dor