Thought Provoking Books About Jesus

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Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth 3.86 avg rating — 72,050 ratings
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The Breath of God
The Breath of God 3.80 avg rating — 2,165 ratings
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How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee
How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee 4.10 avg rating — 7,403 ratings
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Jesus
Jesus 4.01 avg rating — 484 ratings
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Searching for Jesus: New Discoveries in the Quest for Jesus of Nazareth—and How They Confirm the Gospel Accounts
Searching for Jesus: New Discoveries in the Quest for Jesus of Nazareth—and How They Confirm the Gospel Accounts 4.14 avg rating — 167 ratings
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Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why 3.93 avg rating — 19,884 ratings
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Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewishness of Jesus Can Transform Your Faith
Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewishness of Jesus Can Transform Your Faith 4.43 avg rating — 3,078 ratings
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The Spear of Longinus
The Spear of Longinus 4.80 avg rating — 54 ratings
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The Atheist's Messiah
The Atheist's Messiah 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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In His Steps
In His Steps 4.17 avg rating — 27,110 ratings
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The Boy Who Met Jesus: Segatashya of Kibeho
The Boy Who Met Jesus: Segatashya of Kibeho 4.39 avg rating — 1,157 ratings
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The Gospel of Lie: A Grieving Christian Searches the Bible for a New Jesus
The Gospel of Lie: A Grieving Christian Searches the Bible for a New Jesus 3.86 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Thief in the Night
Thief in the Night 4.43 avg rating — 331 ratings
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The First Christmas: A Story of New Beginnings
The First Christmas: A Story of New Beginnings 3.37 avg rating — 422 ratings
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The New Adventures of Jesus
The New Adventures of Jesus 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Shine
Shine 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Bad Jesus: The Ethics of New Testament Ethics
The Bad Jesus: The Ethics of New Testament Ethics 4.46 avg rating — 26 ratings
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The Last Temptation of Christ
The Last Temptation of Christ 4.18 avg rating — 15,287 ratings
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Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewish Words of Jesus Can Change Your Life
Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewish Words of Jesus Can Change Your Life 4.51 avg rating — 1,846 ratings
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God's Promises For You: Divine Promises and Affirmations For Your Success, All-round Prosperity and Total Well-being
God's Promises For You: Divine Promises and Affirmations For Your Success, All-round Prosperity and Total Well-being 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Talks by Abdu'l-Baha: The Spirit of Christ
Talks by Abdu'l-Baha: The Spirit of Christ 4.82 avg rating — 11 ratings
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New Adventures of Jesus
New Adventures of Jesus 3.26 avg rating — 61 ratings
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The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus
The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus 4.07 avg rating — 1,139 ratings
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The Making of the Lamb
The Making of the Lamb 3.75 avg rating — 24 ratings
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The Kitáb-i-Íqán: The Book of Certitude
The Kitáb-i-Íqán: The Book of Certitude 4.64 avg rating — 424 ratings
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The Gospel According to Jesus: A New Translation and Guide to His Essential Teachings for Believers and Unbelievers
The Gospel According to Jesus: A New Translation and Guide to His Essential Teachings for Believers and Unbelievers 4.24 avg rating — 687 ratings
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Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium
Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium 4.15 avg rating — 1,311 ratings
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The Historical Jesus
The Historical Jesus 4.22 avg rating — 667 ratings
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Seeing Jesus from the East: A Fresh Look at History’s Most Influential Figure
Seeing Jesus from the East: A Fresh Look at History’s Most Influential Figure 4.21 avg rating — 526 ratings
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Blaming Jesus for Jehovah: Rethinking the Righteousness of Christianity
Blaming Jesus for Jehovah: Rethinking the Righteousness of Christianity 4.12 avg rating — 101 ratings
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How Jesus Became God
How Jesus Became God 4.10 avg rating — 7,403 ratings
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The Heart of the Gospel
The Heart of the Gospel 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Missing Years of Jesus: The Extraordinary Evidence That Jesus Visited the British Isles
The Missing Years of Jesus: The Extraordinary Evidence That Jesus Visited the British Isles 3.45 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Some Answered Questions
Some Answered Questions 4.71 avg rating — 407 ratings
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Monumental Jesus: Landscapes of Faith and Doubt in Modern America
Monumental Jesus: Landscapes of Faith and Doubt in Modern America 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Jesus the Jew: A Historian's Reading of the Gospels
Jesus the Jew: A Historian's Reading of the Gospels 3.86 avg rating — 270 ratings
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Traditions of Glastonbury: The Biblical Missing Years of Christ - Answered
Traditions of Glastonbury: The Biblical Missing Years of Christ - Answered 4.26 avg rating — 58 ratings
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The Wine of Astonishment
The Wine of Astonishment 4.42 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Christ in Crisis: Why We Need to Reclaim Jesus
Christ in Crisis: Why We Need to Reclaim Jesus 4.14 avg rating — 470 ratings
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Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal 4.23 avg rating — 179,764 ratings
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Christ & Bahá'u'lláh
Christ & Bahá'u'lláh 4.36 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Jesus Skeptic: A Journalist Explores the Credibility and Impact of Christianity
Jesus Skeptic: A Journalist Explores the Credibility and Impact of Christianity 4.27 avg rating — 255 ratings
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The Religion of Jesus the Jew
The Religion of Jesus the Jew really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 46 ratings
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia Book 2)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia Book 2) 4.24 avg rating — 3,059,231 ratings
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Not Your White Jesus: Following a Radical, Refugee Messiah
Not Your White Jesus: Following a Radical, Refugee Messiah 3.66 avg rating — 114 ratings
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The Authentic Gospel of Jesus
The Authentic Gospel of Jesus 3.80 avg rating — 102 ratings
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The Jefferson Bible
The Jefferson Bible 3.88 avg rating — 2,752 ratings
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The Changing Faces of Jesus
The Changing Faces of Jesus 3.75 avg rating — 126 ratings
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Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)
Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 103,662 ratings
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The Mushroom in Christian Art: The Identity of Jesus in the Development of Christianity
The Mushroom in Christian Art: The Identity of Jesus in the Development of Christianity
by: John Rush
3.82 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews: A Jewish Life and the Emergence of Christianity
Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews: A Jewish Life and the Emergence of Christianity 4.02 avg rating — 197 ratings
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Jesus: The Life and Ministry of God the Son--Collected Insights from A. W. Tozer
Jesus: The Life and Ministry of God the Son--Collected Insights from A. W. Tozer 4.31 avg rating — 273 ratings
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From Jesus to Christ: The Origins of the New Testament Images of Christ
From Jesus to Christ: The Origins of the New Testament Images of Christ 4.03 avg rating — 344 ratings
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Gospel―The Book of Mark: A New Translation with Commentary―Jesus Spirituality for Everyone
Gospel―The Book of Mark: A New Translation with Commentary―Jesus Spirituality for Everyone 3.94 avg rating — 17 ratings
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The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ 3.43 avg rating — 14,460 ratings
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Dancing with Jesus: Bobbling Figurine
Dancing with Jesus: Bobbling Figurine
by: Sam Stall
4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Case Against The Case for Christ
The Case Against The Case for Christ 3.95 avg rating — 268 ratings
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The Poems of Jesus Christ
The Poems of Jesus Christ 3.93 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Ten Things Christians Wish Jesus Hadn't Taught: And Other Reasons to Question His Words (Ten Tough Problems in Christian Belief Book 2)
Ten Things Christians Wish Jesus Hadn't Taught: And Other Reasons to Question His Words (Ten Tough Problems in Christian Belief Book 2) 4.26 avg rating — 226 ratings
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The Childhood of Jesus
The Childhood of Jesus 3.48 avg rating — 7,274 ratings
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What Would Jesus Buy?: Fabulous Prayers in the Face of the Shopocalypse
What Would Jesus Buy?: Fabulous Prayers in the Face of the Shopocalypse 3.55 avg rating — 38 ratings
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How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee
How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee 4.10 avg rating — 7,403 ratings
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Punk Rock Jesus
Punk Rock Jesus 3.92 avg rating — 3,735 ratings
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Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus: Prostitution and Religious Obedience in the Bible
Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus: Prostitution and Religious Obedience in the Bible 3.73 avg rating — 1,252 ratings
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Jesus Before the Gospels: How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, and Invented Their Stories of the Savior
Jesus Before the Gospels: How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, and Invented Their Stories of the Savior really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,817 ratings
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Excavating Jesus: Beneath the Stones, Behind the Texts
Excavating Jesus: Beneath the Stones, Behind the Texts 3.76 avg rating — 296 ratings
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Executing Grace: How the Death Penalty Killed Jesus and Why It's Killing Us
Executing Grace: How the Death Penalty Killed Jesus and Why It's Killing Us 4.44 avg rating — 632 ratings
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The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant
The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant 4.05 avg rating — 1,961 ratings
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The Secret Teachings of Jesus: Four Gnostic Gospels
The Secret Teachings of Jesus: Four Gnostic Gospels 3.78 avg rating — 360 ratings
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Radical Jesus: A Graphic History of Faith
Radical Jesus: A Graphic History of Faith 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Jesus
Jesus it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
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When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?
When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? 3.82 avg rating — 12,562 ratings
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The Gospel According to Jesus
The Gospel According to Jesus 4.24 avg rating — 687 ratings
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Jesus
Jesus
by: Demi
3.94 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Jesus and the Disinherited
Jesus and the Disinherited 4.50 avg rating — 6,699 ratings
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Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible & Why We Don't Know About Them
Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible & Why We Don't Know About Them 3.99 avg rating — 10,808 ratings
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The Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Sayings of Jesus
The Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Sayings of Jesus 4.12 avg rating — 2,298 ratings
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Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus and the Heart of Contemporary Faith
Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus and the Heart of Contemporary Faith 4.09 avg rating — 5,965 ratings
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What Jesus Meant
What Jesus Meant 3.92 avg rating — 1,230 ratings
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Jesus: The Human Face of God
Jesus: The Human Face of God 3.87 avg rating — 321 ratings
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Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography
Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography 3.98 avg rating — 1,647 ratings
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Jesus for the Non-Religious
Jesus for the Non-Religious 4.08 avg rating — 1,135 ratings
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Almighty Sports with Jesus: Featuring a Heavenly Host of Righteous Adventures
Almighty Sports with Jesus: Featuring a Heavenly Host of Righteous Adventures
by: Sam Stall
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America
The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America 3.91 avg rating — 472 ratings
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Living Buddha, Living Christ
Living Buddha, Living Christ 4.16 avg rating — 18,637 ratings
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Biblical Literalism
Biblical Literalism 4.10 avg rating — 525 ratings
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The Coming of the Cosmic Christ
The Coming of the Cosmic Christ 4.07 avg rating — 290 ratings
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Stealing Jesus: How Fundamentalism Betrays Christianity
Stealing Jesus: How Fundamentalism Betrays Christianity 3.86 avg rating — 540 ratings
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Christ Actually: The Son of God for the Secular Age
Christ Actually: The Son of God for the Secular Age 3.83 avg rating — 268 ratings
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The Many Faces of Christ
The Many Faces of Christ 3.93 avg rating — 76 ratings