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He Was One of Us

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I love it. What I find most illuminating is that it reflects Jesus in the faces of the people around Him. He still has that effect today.

I'm thinking about buying a copy for our church library.

This is the story of Jesus' life captured in exquisite pictorial vignettes of events from His birth to His death and resurrection. The brief text which capture the essence of each story are tied to Bible reference in the back of the book. The characters shown are defintiely from the Middle East and not sentimentalized Hollywood faces. The reader is plunged into the time of Jesus with emotional and visual impact which provoke thoughtful meditation. An outstanding book of its genre.

WOW, POWERFUL!!!
The emotions that these pictures capture are amazing. My spirit just wept as I read this book. It brings to life the story of CHRIST in a way a child can comprehend, yet an adult will read over and over.
It is amazing how the simple text can pile such truth about the story of CHRIST. It is alive and real.
These pictures are a gift... one that takes you to the time HE was crucified.
I highly recommend this book for parents, teachers to read to their class or children.

Only after you have read it will you understand the gift that this book is to the truth of our salvation.

I go back to this book to feed my soul and see Jesus from ever new perspective. Rich art leaving room for personal space with Christ. Key phrases are selected to complete the art as the art completes the phrases. Good sense of the Mediterranean influence on Christ's life. He draws the reader into that milieu. Great book!

I received this book as a gift. The picture of Elizabeth greeting Mary is so powerful. The image of an aged Jewish woman, with thin arms and a full belly is amazing. This makes the book worth having.

For those who need to take a moment and remember Who Jesus is and did for us, this is a must. Beautiful images with deep comments that makes you love Him and desire to be like Him.

"He Was One Of Us" is a rich and thought-provoking collage of painted imagery and handwritten notes depicting the life of Christ. As an artist, I'm especially enamored of the artwork: it's the best I've yet seen from Poortvliet, and in the same class as work by the likes of Frazetta and Pyle (no really!). Facile, concise brushstrokes, an almost peerless command of anatomy, and a nice sense of mood combine to make this one of the best "art books" I own. Check it out, and see why Poortvliet has been called "the greatest living Dutch artist."

The sketches that portray Jesus from birth to death are so moving that I felt like I was a part of his life. I picked this book up time after time and began with a smile at the child and with tears at the man scourged and crucified. It is a marvelous account showing that truly "He was one of us"!

This book is incredible. Rien Poortvliet is an extremely gifted individual. He has captured the essence of the "Suffering Servant." Because of this book my library includes all of his inspired publications. Indeed, I have gifted most of his collection to my family (and friends).

When the book first arrived, I just flipped through it quickly and wasn't overly impressed. Some of the pages looked like the artist was simply sketching ideas for characters. Then I sat down and read the book.

The story is told through the pictures. The text is sparse, but amazingly powerful (albeit slightly difficult to see on some of the darker pages). By the time I got to the end I felt like I had been on a journey and had just returned to the present.

I would not have believed that a book could be that compelling.