The first part of Pope Benedict's 'personal search for the face of the Lord' presents the person of Jesus Christ, offering a fresh understanding of his teachings.

Seeks to salvage the person of Jesus from 'popular' depictions and to restore Jesus' true identity as discovered in the Gospels. This book shares a portrait of Jesus and incites readers to encounter the central figure of the Christian faith.

'Lingers in the mind ... the Pope is a traditionalist, and his book is especially welcome because of it ... this study is lucidly and simply written, and with no sacrifice of intellectual gravitas or accessibility'