THE LIFE OF CHRIST

Published by Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, 1876, two volumes complete, half leather bindings, maroon boards, raised spines with gilt lettering  & margins to leather labels, fleur de lys devices to compartments of spines, marbled endpapers,  set measures 15 cms x 21.8 cms x 8.2 cms, no faults, condition: very good (basically as new for a 1876 set of leather bound books). 

The author, Frederic W. Farrar, was a Doctor of Divinity, and Fellow of the Royal Society, and at the time of publication of this edition, a late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Canon of Westminster, and Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen. Covering the scope of Christ's life, death, and resurrection, the book is written by a believer to believers, although certainly nonbelievers may find it enlightening. 

The author does not shrink from the miracles of Christs life, as described in the Gospels, but views his Lord as the supreme lawgiver of natures laws. Dr. Farrar enriches his work with his first hand acquaintance of the Holy Land, his exhaustive study of other scholars (including many Jewish sources), and his intimate knowledge of Biblical Greek, Latin and other languages.

 Christs story is beautifully told, with continual observations that are rich with religious insight and context. The print text provides footnotes, not included here, that even the most fastidious scholar will find a sufficient buttress for this exhaustive work. Among religious scholars, The Life of Christ, is considered a classic, withstanding the test of time.