Author(s): Garry Wills

Western

In his "New York Times" bestseller "What Jesus Meant," Garry Wills offered a fresh and incisive reading of Jesusa teachings. Now Wills turns to Paul, whose writings have provoked controversy throughout Christian history. Upending many common assumptions, Wills argues eloquently that what Paul meant was not something contrary to what Jesus meant. Rather, the best way to know Jesus is to discover Paul. In this stimulating and masterly analysis, Wills illuminates how Paul, writing on the road and in the heat of the moment, and often in the midst of controversy, galvanized a movement and offers us the best reflection of those early times. Review Quotes: A vital study of the earliest voice in the New Testament. Jon Meacham, editor of "Newsweek" [A] bracing book of spiritual commentary [by] one of this countrys leading public intellectuals and American Catholicisms most formidable lay scholar. "Los Angeles Times" The best description of how the Jesus movement emerged. Andrew M. Greeley, author of "The Catholic Revolution" A string of arresting insights and original formulations . . . a tour-de-force revision of what we thought we knew about the apostle who helped give the Christian faith its distinctive shape. Slate.com