Jesus Before Christ by Michael Jost

Jesus Before Christ has a new eBook edition. The book will be very useful for those Christians who want a better understanding of their own Christian background, but it is aimed at the skeptical believer, the church dropout, and those who reject the religion but seek to understand the meaning of the Jesus Way. It is both a personal memoir and a provocative study. The publishers, the Foundation for Contemporary Theology, believe it will also appeal to those of other faiths or of no faith who may have an interest in the themes explored in these chapters. Les Switzer, executive director of the Foundation, undertook the task of editing, revising, supplementing, correcting and reconstructing the narrative, where necessary, to get the first edition ready for publication. Switzer also edited the second edition—clarifying a few issues (including some tables), and correcting or revising various statements in response to comments. In addition, Switzer added several references and simplified the language in places to render the text more accessible to the reader.