'Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes' begins with the birth, of Jesus.

The author then leads us on a kaleidoscopic study of Jesus in the four Gospels.

In a provocative opening chapter, Kenneth Bailey questions the accuracy of our popular understanding of the birth narratives before focusing in turn on the Lord's Prayer, the Beatitudes, Jesus' relationship to women and especially his parables.

Employing his trademark expertise as a master of Middle Eastern culture, the author guides us into a deeper understanding of the person and significance of Jesus, lifting away obscuring layers of modern Western interpretation to reveal him in the light of his actual historical and cultural setting.