Could you compose a book about your great grandparents? How challenging would that be? Would you have plenty of resources? Would others who knew or know your great grandparents disagree with how you portray them? Now, imagine Matthew, Mark, Luke and John as they compose their books about Jesus at least a generation after Jesus ascended into the clouds. Jesus lived and died and lives again. Yet, Jesus lived in died in a radically different world than you and I are likely used to. What did life look like then and why does it matter for us to understand that now? N.T. Wright compels readers to ask good questions before attempting to provide good answers.