I am often asked why I wrote "The Gospel of Yeshua." After all, didn't Matthew, Mark, Luke and John do a pretty good job of telling Jesus's story?
My answer is no, they did not. Matthew, Mark and Luke were writing for people who thought the world was about to end. Those people understood the political, religious, military and economic situations that existed, so they did not need to be told it again. However, today, 2,000 years later and a half-world away, those elements need to be recalled. If you do not understand the environment person lived in, you cannot understand the person.
"The Gospel of Yeshua" is a highly detailed narrative of the life and teaching of Jesus from his birth to his crucifixion. It is based on the biblical books of Matthew, Mark and Luke, but also takes advantage of modern scientific research that fills in much of the blank spots in Jesus's life.
For instance, except for one incident when Jesus was about 14, the Bible is silent about his life until he embarked on his ministry when he was about 30. However, because of the research, we now know what life would have been like for any boy growing up in Nazareth 2,000 years ago -- what his secular and religious tgraining would have been, what his house would have looked like, how the location of Nazareth made it easy for him to have contacts with travelers from all known nations.
