The first of a series of texts designed to fit the SCAA model syllabuses, which emphasize "learning about" and "learning from" religion. Each book consists of 29 two-page spreads with readable text that is highly illustrated and supported by activities. There are numerous extracts from The Good News Bible. Each book has a one-page glossary and a one-page index.

 

This book is part of a book series called Religion For Today .

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 1996 by Oxford University Press .

This book has the following chapters: 1. Who is Jesus? ; 2. Picturing Jesus ; 3. What do non-Christians think of Jesus? ; 4. The Messiah ; 5. The world of Jesus ; 6. How do we know about Jesus? ; 7. The birth of Jesus ; 8. A Jewish childhood ; 9. A call in the desert ; 10. The baptism of Jesus ; 11. Jesus is tempted ; 12. A man with a mission ; 13. Follow me! ; 14. The rabbi of Nazareth ; 15. The sermon on the mount ; 16. "God rules OK"! ; 17. Who is my neighbour? ; 18. Forgiveness ; 19. Worker of miracles ; 20. Jesus the healer ; 21. The Transfiguration ; 22. Jesus' teaching about himself ; 23. Conflict ; 24. The Last Supper ; 25. Jesus is betrayed ; 26. On trial ; 27. Jesus is crucified ; 28. "He has been raised" ; 29. Jesus' influence today