Author: Melva Purkis, hard back, 384 pages. Published by The Christadelphian. First published in 1953 and reprinted 6 times. This edition was printed in 2014.

Writers of biographies usually find that they are helped by the shadows cast by their subjects rather than by any nobility of character radiating from them. Weaknesses reveal more than excellences; so many apparent virtues are counterfeits. But Jesus casts no shadows. He stands illuminated by the light of Heaven, beloved of God.

This book presents a simple picture of Jesus, so that the reader may be encouraged to look even more reverently at the Man who can be confused with no other man, and meditate more frequently upon the words that could have fallen from no other lips. It allows a greater emphasis upon the LIFE of Jesus, as distinct from his teaching. His teaching considered in the following books by John Carter which are recommended.
1. Parables of the Messiah
2. The Gospel of John