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This monumental work of Dr. Hall's is the final form and outward evidence of twenty years of research and study, and embodies the present attitude of this scholar with reference to the meaning of Jesus for our present-day civilization, and the interpretation of his life and of Christianity from the standpoint of psychology, the evolution of the human soul, rather than from the standpoint of historicity as its evidence may be found documented in moldy treaties and forgotten archives.
The work is divided into two volumes and eleven chapters. The chapters are as follows: 1. Jesus' Physical Personality; 2. Jesus in Literature; 3. Jesus' Character, Negative Views; 4. The Nativity; 5. Beginnings of the Supreme Pedagogy; 6. Messianity, Sonship, and the Kingdom; 7. Jesus' Eschatology, His Inner Character, Purpose, and Work; 8. Jesus' Ethics and Prayer; 9. The Parables of Jesus; 10. The Miracles; 11. Death and Resurrection of Jesus.
In the first chapters, particularly the first three, there is a very painstaking and thorough review of Jesus and he has appeared in the literature and art of the world. Every great picture is commented upon, every compelling work that has dealt with him is reviewed, and many minor productions are referred to as showing the trends of the particular time with regard to him. Particularly, of course, in the discussion of