For two thousand years the figure of Jesus has been the most powerful and pervasive influence on Western culture - not only in religion and ethics, but also in politics, literature, music and the visual arts.Find out why by reading The Story of the Christ, an account of the acts and words of Jesus derived entirely from the four biblical Gospels and brought together here to form one continuous and compelling narrative. The Story is introduced by a world-renowned expert on Jesus and the Gospels, inviting you to think about what you might say if you suddenly tencountered the historical Jesus and asked to describe him.