Day Christ Was Born and the Day Christ Died [Hardcover]

Jim Bishop (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1996

Bishop renews our sense of wonder about the "greatest story ever told" as he vividly chronicles the events leading up to the two days that encompass the birth and death of Jesus. This collection of two bestsellers presents the immensely dramatic and ultimately uplifting events as though they were related for the first time.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 544 pages
• Publisher: Galahad Books (November 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0883658305
• ISBN-13: 978-0883658307
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #486,879 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I was there, March 8, 2000

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Michael M. Munn (Dallas, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Day Christ Was Born and the Day Christ Died (Hardcover)

In reading Jim Bishops' book and referring to the maps included in the front and back as I read, I found that I was there. I was transported 2000 years back to the most infamous day in history and watched the events of the last 24 hours of Christs' life unfold.

I have given away dozens of copies of this book over the years since I discovered it and have never had anyone not come back to thank me. I reccommend this book to ANYONE who will read it regardless of their beliefs. In it's own way, it has sometimes had a much more profound effect upon those that choose to read it than that of the bible itself. If I were told I could no longer read the bible but could choose one book to take it's place, Jim Bishops' book would be the only choice I could make. It contains within it the complete story and reason for His coming and His murder.

I take time to read it every Easter season and have not yet failed to experience again the awesome chills and overwhelming emotions I felt the first time I read it. It is the most incredible single work to come from the 20th century.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Both books combined into one hardback will be hard to beat, January 5, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Day Christ Was Born and the Day Christ Died (Hardcover)

A priest first recommended "The day Christ died" to me in about 1989. He said I would be pleased with the book, and I was. I followed up with the other Jim Bishop book "The day Christ was born" and was equally satisfied. Both books were paperbacks I checked out from the Churches library and I have wanted to own the hardback myself for many years, and have finally found them. I'll buy them and re-read them again over the years. Terrific entertainment that makes you feel as if you were actually there. Also great books for volunteer teachers of religious education programs to make classes interesting.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A truly humanistic perspective of our Savior's last days., March 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Day Christ Was Born and the Day Christ Died (Hardcover)

The Day Christ Died is a detailed - intensely dramatic story of the times, thoughts and prespectives(which have been thoroughly researched)of the Savior, His Disciples, religion, govenment and the world in general during last hours of Christ's days on earth as God in the Flesh. It has given me deeper strength in my faith through understanding what He endured because of his love for us sinners. A God in the flesh with all the pain and emotions of man, but still a diety. A must read!