The Last Days of Jesus

His Life and Times

By: Bill O'Reilly

Narrated by: Edward Herrmann

Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's Summary

Packed with fascinating details, this fast-paced narrative will transport listeners back in time. In an exploration of the political and social landscape at the time of Jesus’s life, Bill O’Reilly takes on the questions surrounding his death. Who was involved in the trial and sentencing of Jesus? What circumstances led to his conviction? What were the motivations in killing Jesus? In the same way that the author gave fresh insight into the lives and times of Lincoln and Kennedy, this is an intimate portrait of the Jesus of history. The Last Days of Jesus is geared toward young listeners, and is sure to make kids reconsider the man they thought they knew.

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Not bad

Overall, Bill O'Reilly does a reasonably good job on the "last days" of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Much like his previous book "Killing Jesus". O'Reilly walks people quickly through the early life of Jesus and slows down to more fully cover His last days. Again, like his previous book, I disagreed with some of his interpretation of events, but overall he does a fair job. If you read Killing Jesus, you can probably skip this one. Edward Herrmann was a great choice for narrator and does a wonderful job.

I should have read the small print.

What made the experience of listening to The Last Days of Jesus the most enjoyable?

This is a story I can never grow tired of hearing about. Though you should just buy the whole book. (I didn’t read the small print that this was an excerpt of a full book that I had already purchased and listened to.) However, it was worth listening to again.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

How Christ used different methods to show and teach His point.

Happy Easter, Bill

I've not read any of O'Reilly's previous books. They seem to be consistently well received and I've been curious, but I didn't know exactly what to expect ... how much of the book would be about the subject, and how much of it about the author. Any concerns I had about the author possibly challenging history and presenting a strongly biased personal point of view were unwarranted. At just 4 hours, the story moves along at a good pace, in line with the known history, and holds your interest. And therein lies it strength...and its weakness. O'Reilly doesn't present us with anything we didn't already know.

Dealing with history, there are the facts, then there is everything else: conjecture, speculation, the mythos, and legend. How does O'Reilly know that John the Baptist felt no pain when he was beheaded? I suppose the author's speculation is forgivable, and embellishing the history with those tiny bits of fiction keep the story immediate and relatable. He gives a good overall view of the political pulse as the events proceed from Jesus' birth up to his crucifixion. Having the story told in that context affords the listener an interesting view of the history. I can't compare this to his other books; I thought this was well written, interesting, and a worthy presentation of the history...with a well-timed publication date. I've read more in-depth books about the life and death of Jesus, more academic, and may have been expecting a little more from O'Reilly only because I was unfamiliar with his writing. A good recap of the hx; I won't have any qualms reading more (apolitical) from this author.

Jesus is the light and the truth.

Bill O is a literary genius. This book is a powerful account of Jesus' later life told in scripture and historical accounts.

Shortened Killing Jesus

This is literally a shortened version of Killing Jesus. I bought them both at the same time. Wish I'd have known in advance it was a shorter version of the the same book. Don't waste your time, just get Killing Jesus, skip this one.

Abridged version of “Killing Jesus”.

Bill O’Riley should be ashamed. This is WORD FOR WORD taken from a book he and Martin Dugard wrote. If he were not “one of the authors” of “Killing Jesus”, this would be the worst case of plagiarism ever seen. I was immensely disappointed, I kept listening for something different than “Killing Jesus”. The only difference is they left out Julius Cesar’s story. Most disappointing book I have ever read.

An excellent book to listen to during Lent.

Well done and worth listening too even though everyone knows how the story ends. Narration was very good.

Great narrative

I loved this. A engrossing story of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ's final days. I learned much about the political climate leading up t ok His murder. unforgettable.

The story of Jesus from a secular approach.

The insiders view of Jesus experiencing the human struggle from the basement of civilization. Wonderfully unbiased.

Great Listen!

A condensed version of "Killing Jesus" (another INCREDIBLE" O'Reily book), but still full of details I was not fully aware of.

What I liked most was the historical insight and explanations of why leaders of that day, thought and did the things the did they did to kill one who was so Peaceful and who brought so much Hope to the people.

Also enjoyed knowing more about the background of his closest followers with no withholding from the author, both the good and not so good.

Truly enjoyed it. (though I did miss O'Reilly's performance of it)

THANK YOU!!