Jesus: A Pilgrimage Audiobook

Quotes

• “Father James Martin, SJ, is refreshingly innovative in his Jesus: A Pilgrimage. He has a knack for giving a new perspective to the familiar, making the reader exclaim, ‘Ah, yes!’ A superb gift.”

  — Archbishop Desmond Tutu

• “Jesus is one of the best books I’ve read in years. Jesus is a love letter to the first-century Jewish radical Martin has devoted his life to following. Bravo, Father Martin, for writing a must–read.”

  — Mary Karr, New York Times bestselling author of Lit

• “A consideration of Christ, human and divine, from an on-native-ground perspective…An intelligent, lively travelogue, well-timed to arrive for the Easter season, and a welcome complement to a direct reading of the Gospels.”

  — Kirkus Reviews

• “This is a sensitive, heartfelt inquiry into the person of Jesus. James Martin encounters Jesus again and again on a pilgrimage through Israel. In his book the great texts of the Gospels come to life and are transformed for the reader into an encounter with Jesus as he really was.”

  — Reverend Gerhard Lohfink, author of Jesus of Nazareth

• “Want a pilgrimage to the Holy Land with a reliable guide? Open these pages and travel with Father Jim Martin. He’s at his best here, opening the Gospel mysteries but with a light touch. Serious scholar, yes—but mostly a pilgrim believer trying to make his way, just like us.”

  — Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, author of Dead Man Walking

• “Martin offers a very personal meditative memoir but one informed by critical biblical and archaeological scholarship and graced with his accustomed narrative skill. His entertaining, thoughtful, and inspiring account will delight both seasoned pilgrims and those who want to be.”

  — Harold W. Attridge, Sterling Professor of Divinity and former dean of the Yale Divinity School

• “Farther James Martin, chaplain to the Colbert nation, uses the geography of the Holy Land to map out the separate plots of earth called historical Jesus, Christology, and personal (as well as ecclesial) spirituality. Every reader will enjoy the journey through this triple territory with such an insightful companion.”

  — Professor John P. Meier, William K. Warren Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame