The present work is based upon Flusser’s 1968 edition of Jesus. Yet, with the passage of 30 years, the new volume has been essentially rewritten to incorporate the wealth of new data. Whereas the previous book, now out of print, represented the beginnings of Flusser’s investigation into the historical Jesus, the present volume is its culmination.
"Flusser is not only brilliant, and thoroughly familiar with all classical sources, Jewish sources, and later Christian sources that bear on our understanding of Jesus; he is also passionately concerned that the historical Jesus be taken seriously. He readily admits that he, an observant Jew, personally identifies himself with the worldview of Jesus, both moral and political: 'The content of his teachings and approach of Jesus has the potential to change the world and prevent the greatest part of evil and suffering.' For years I have been recommended it as the best book on Jesus available. No better way to discover the Jewishness of Jesus and possible links to
David Flusser's Jesus, a work by an accomplished Jewish scholar which throws a good deal of light on the historical figure in his Jewish context." A letter in The New York Review of Books, Volume 14, No. 1 & 2