Jesus of Nazareth by Pope Benedict XVI is a bold, momentous work in which the Holy Father seeks to salvage the person of Jesus from recent "popular" depictions and restore His true identity as discovered in the Gospels. Through his brilliance as a theologian and personal conviction as a believer, Pope Benedict shares a rich, compelling, flesh-and-blood portrait of Jesus, inviting us to encounter face-to-face the central figure of the Christian faith.

From the book: "The great question that will be with us throughout this entire work: But what has Jesus really brought, then, if he has not brought world peace, universal prosperity, and a better world? What has he brought? The answer is very simple: God. He has brought God! He has brought the God who once gradually unveiled his countenance first to Abraham, then to Moses and the prophets, and then in the wisdom literature—the God who showed his face only in Israel, even though he was also honored among the pagans in various shadowy guises. It is this God, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, the true God, whom he has brought to the peoples of the earth. He has brought God, and now we know his face, now we can call upon him. Now we know the path that we human beings have to take in this world. Jesus has brought God and with God the truth about where we are going and where we come from: faith, hope, and love."

Softcover edition from Ignatius Press.