Kahlil Gibran

Jesus the Son of Man (Illustrated Edition)


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       Joseph Of Arimethea: The Two Streams In Jesus' Heart

       Georgus Of Beirut: On Strangers

       Mary Magdalene: His Mouth Was Like The Heart Of A Pomegranate

       Jotham Of Nazareth To A Roman: On Living And Being

       Ephraim Of Jericho: The Other Wedding-Feast

       Barca A Merchant Of Tyre: On Buying And Selling

       Phumiah The High Priestess Of Sidon To The Other Priestesses: An Invocation

       Benjamin The Scribe: Let The Dead Bury Their Dead

       Zacchaeus: On The Fate Of Jesus

       Jonathan: Among The Water-lilies

       Hannah Of Bethsaida: She Speaks Of Her Father's Sister

       Manasseh, A Lawyer In Jerusalem: On The Speech And Gesture Of Jesus

       Jephtha Of Caesarea: A Man Weary Of Jesus

       John The Beloved Disciple In His Old Age: On Jesus The Word

       Mannus The Pompeian To A Greek: On The Semitic Deity

       Pontius Pilatus: Of Eastern Rites And Cults

       Bartholomew In Ephesus: On Slaves And Outcasts

       Matthew: On Jesus By The Prison Wall

       Andrew: On Prostitutes

       A Rich Man: On Possessions

       John At Patmos: Jesus The Gracious

       Peter: On The Neighbour

       A Cobbler In Jerusalem: A Neutral

       Suzannah Of Nazareth, A Neighbour Of Mary: Of The Youth And Manhood Of Jesus

       Joseph Surnamed Justus: Jesus The Wayfarer

       Philip: And When He Died All Mankind Died

       Birbarah Of Yammouni: On Jesus The Impatient

       Pilate's Wife To A Roman Lady

       A Man Outside Of Jerusalem: Of Judas

       Sarkis, An Old Greek shepherd Called The Madman: Jesus And Pan

       Annas The High Priest: On Jesus The Rabble

       A Woman, One Of Mary's Neighbours: A Lamentation

       Ahaz The Portly: The Keeper Of The Inn

       Barabbas: The Last Words Of Jesus

       Claudius, A Roman Sentinel: Jesus The Stoic

       James The Brother Of The Lord: The Last Supper

       Simon The Cyrene: He Who Carried The Cross

       Cyborea: The Mother Of Judas

       The Woman Of Byblos: A Lamentation

       Mary Magdalene, Thirty Years Later: On The Resurrection Of The Soul

       A Man From Lebanon: Nineteen Centuries Afterward

      James The Son Of Zebedee: On The Kingdoms Of The World

       Table of Contents

      Upon a day in the spring of the year Jesus stood in the market-place of Jerusalem and He spoke to the multitudes of the kingdom of heaven.

      And He accused the scribes and the Pharisees of setting snares and digging pitfalls in the path of those who long after the kingdom; and He denounced them.

      Now amongst the crowd was a company of men who defended the Pharisees and the scribes, and they sought to lay hands upon Jesus and upon us also.

      But He avoided them and turned aside from them, and walked towards the north gate of the city.

      And He said to us, "My hour has not yet come. Many are the things I have still to say unto you, and many are the deeds I shall yet perform ere I deliver myself up to the world."

      Then He said, and there was joy and laughter in His voice, "Let us go into the North Country and meet the spring. Come with me to the hills, for winter is past and the snows of Lebanon are descending to the valleys to sing with the brooks.

      "The fields and the vineyards have banished sleep and are awake to greet the sun with their green figs and tender grapes."

      And He walked before us and we followed Him, that day and the next.

      And upon the afternoon of the third day we reached the summit of Mount Hermon, and there He stood looking down upon the cities of the plains.

      And His face shone like molten gold, and He outstretched His arms and He said to us, "Behold the earth in her green raiment, and see how the streams have