A Life of Jesus (Stated First Edition)
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. The story of Jesus, Goodspeed writes, is “the most tremendous drama in human history, and the most paradoxical. Its apparent failure was its stupendous success.” In this spare, chronological narrative, one of America’s great New Testament scholars—translator of The New Testament: An American Translation—retells that drama for the general reader without surrendering scholarly care.
Goodspeed follows the ministry from Nazareth and the baptism through Galilee, the clashes with the Pharisees, the road to Jerusalem, Gethsemane, the trial, the cross, and the resurrection. He leans on Mark’s outline, keeps the pace brisk, and occasionally steps inside what Jesus may have been thinking—always close to the Gospel text. The result is neither a dry academic reconstruction nor a pious harmony, but a readable “sketch of the ministry” that still rewards anyone who wants the life of Jesus told as a single, coherent story.This copy comes from the library of the Rev. Calvin Thielman (1930–2002), longtime pastor of Montreat Presbyterian Church, chaplain of Montreat College, and for decades pastor, friend, and advisor to Billy Graham and the Graham family. Thielman’s stamp is on the front endpaper.
Physical description
Blue cloth, gilt spine title. Deckled fore-edge. Original blue dust jacket with yellow and white lettering. 248 pp.
Condition
Pages crisp and clean; binding square and sound. Minor shelf wear to the cloth. Jacket with moderate rubbing and heavy edge wear. Unmarked reading copy aside from the Thielman stamp. Full refund if not satisfied.
,br>A solid first edition of a mid-century classic, with distinguished evangelical provenance. Very Good / Very Good.
Item #081829
Price: $30.00