The Man From Galilee: A Life of Jesus by George M. Lamsa. Doubleday, 1970.

First Edition of this biography of Jesus that looks at his life and teachings in the context of the ancient Near Eastern world in which he lived. The author was a native Aramaic speaker who grew up in a culture very much like Jesus', and wrote many books explaining the idioms and peculiarities of the tongue and folkways that caused countless mistranslations and misunderstandings in Western Scripture. 

A must-own for students of Christology, the Aramaic language and culture, or unusual biographies of Jesus!

Format: 5.75 x 8.5" hc w dj, First Edition, 293pp.