Product Description : Jesus Through the Centuries: His Place in the History of Culture An eminent theologians original and compelling study of how images of Jesus through history reveal each eras temper and valuesA rich and expansive description of Jesus impact on the general history of culture Believers and skeptics alike will find it a sweeping visual and conceptual panoramaJohn Koenig front page New York Times Book ReviewCalled a book of uncommon brilliance by Commonweal Jesus Through the Centuries is an original and compelling study of the impact of Jesus on cultural political social and economic history Noted historian and theologian Jaroslav Pelikan reveals how the image of Jesus created by each successive epochfrom rabbi in the first century to liberator in the nineteenth and twentieth centuriesis a key to understanding the temper and values of that ageAn enlightening and often dramatic story as stimulating as it is informativeJohn Gross New York TimesA gracious little masterpieceThomas DEvelyn Christian Science Monitor