The Greatest Story Ever Told: The Timeless Bestselling Life of Jesus Christ

by Fulton Oursler

Paperback, 1994

Call number

232.9

Collection

Publication

Walker & Company (1994), 444 pages

Description

Fulton Oursler's outstanding classic The Greatest Story Ever Toldnarrates the ever-new, everlasting story of the life of Jesus Christ. Written with powerful simplicity and set against a rich and accurate historical background, this account of the greatest life ever lived describes the moving story of Christ's nativity, the flight of the Holy Family into Egypt, Christ's youth, His public ministry, passion, death, and resurrection. While there have been many lives of Christ published, few have received so wide a popular acclamation as Fulton Oursler's classic tale. Since it was first published in 1949, when it was instantly acclaimed by both the secular and lay press and endorsed by clergy of all faiths, The Greatest Story Ever Toldhas gone into scores of printings, has been read by millions, and is one of the most successful bestsellers of all time. The life of Christ is certainly the greatest story ever told, and Fulton Oursler has told it superbly well.… (more)

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The story of Jesus life, using the gospels. There is some (a lot) liberty with the narrative but the story does flow. It makes for a nice read. I see what Oursler was doing with the story, there are some parts of the story that stretch what is in the Bible. I do not even know how to classify this
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book could say non-fiction but then there is much fiction in this book.
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Awards

Audie Award (Finalist — 1998)

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1940

ISBN

0802726836 / 9780802726834

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