The Man Nobody Knows

By Bruce Barton

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Read Books Ltd.
• Release date: Apr 16, 2013
• ISBN: 9781447492818

Reviews for The Man Nobody Knows

[kathleen828 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Finished and reviewed 09/05/04This was quite a disappointment.I pulled it out of my cataloging stack because it sounded so intriguing. "What a good idea, " I thought. "The Gospels are so familiar, to read them as a 'modern life' will be very refreshing."And sometimes the author approached the potential -- a few paragraphs here and there really did cast light on Jesus as an actual human being.However, Mr. Barton evidently decided to ignore His divinity. That's just as unbalanced as the too reverential tomes which ignore His humanity. Barton mentions healing, feeding the 5,000 etc., but never acknowledges that He is actually working miracles.Further, he implies that it was the strength of Jesus' message which caused it to last for 2,000 years, rather than its being the actual, living Word of God, straight from His Son. Barton seems to think it's like something rom Karl Marx or Charles Darwin, or even Aristotle and Plato.And finally, he ends with the crucifixion, ignoring the Resurrection altogether. Jesus was not just a magnetic preacher or an inspirational teacher. Either He was God in the flesh, or, as Lewis so aptly points out, He was a lunatic who claimed to be God.If He was God, his humanity and His divinity should be equally acknowledged and enjoyed. That is not the case in this book.