Book Review for the Shadow of the Galilean
Introduction
The Shadow of Galilean is an interesting book which illustrates the impact of Jesus in his time and his influence on contemporaries. This book review probed into how distinctions in the social class and the pursuit of honor exert influence on daily life in first-century world and the influence of narration of the book on the understanding for episodes.
Body
First of all, in the first century, social class and the pursuit of honor significantly influence on people’s life style and people in Jesus age kept unique lifestyle and distinctive to keep their social class and the pursuit of honor. The novel related the experience of a young Jew named Andreas. With the influence of Rome Governor Pilate and the threat of a collection of new religious movements, the young man had to mediate among the Rome government, the …show more content…
He depicted the image of Jesus and his times in the way of storytelling, which is not only accords with the research on the condition of that era but it also profoundly understands the modern people in a concise way. The layout of different story present the process of the study and his devotion to study the essence of the novel plot make the life of Jesus easily understood by people. But there's a great difference. We too want God alone to rule, not the Romans who oppress our land. But we're convinced that God only helps those who take their destiny into their own hands.' (Gerd, 1987). The sentence from the novel demonstrated that the story happened in a form of novel and Andreas’ discovery for the mysteriousness of Jesus and the process of the Andreas’s discovery for Jesus made the plot of the story and the unique narration applied the author’s know and the current research about Jesus. In a sense, the narration of the novel and the plots effective reveal the times of
Introduction
The Shadow of Galilean is an interesting book which illustrates the impact of Jesus in his time and his influence on contemporaries. This book review probed into how distinctions in the social class and the pursuit of honor exert influence on daily life in first-century world and the influence of narration of the book on the understanding for episodes.
Body
First of all, in the first century, social class and the pursuit of honor significantly influence on people’s life style and people in Jesus age kept unique lifestyle and distinctive to keep their social class and the pursuit of honor. The novel related the experience of a young Jew named Andreas. With the influence of Rome Governor Pilate and the threat of a collection of new religious movements, the young man had to mediate among the Rome government, the …show more content…
He depicted the image of Jesus and his times in the way of storytelling, which is not only accords with the research on the condition of that era but it also profoundly understands the modern people in a concise way. The layout of different story present the process of the study and his devotion to study the essence of the novel plot make the life of Jesus easily understood by people. But there's a great difference. We too want God alone to rule, not the Romans who oppress our land. But we're convinced that God only helps those who take their destiny into their own hands.' (Gerd, 1987). The sentence from the novel demonstrated that the story happened in a form of novel and Andreas’ discovery for the mysteriousness of Jesus and the process of the Andreas’s discovery for Jesus made the plot of the story and the unique narration applied the author’s know and the current research about Jesus. In a sense, the narration of the novel and the plots effective reveal the times of