Who Was Jesus?

Name: Who Was Jesus?
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Ellen Morgan
ISBN: 9798217296378

Author: Ellen Morgan, Who HQ

Series: Who Was?

Narrator: AhDream Smith

Unabridged: 1 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listening Library

Published: 11/11/2025

Categories: Children's Nonfiction, Biographical, Places, Middle East

Synopsis

This fascinating addition to the best-selling Who Was...? series does not settle questions of theology. Instead, it presents young readers with a biography that covers what is known historically about Jesus and places in his life in the context of his world when Jerusalem was part of the Roman Empire. In an even-handed and easy-to-understand narrative, this audiobook also explains the early origins of Christianity and how it became a major religion.

About The Author

Ellen Morgan spent her childhood going to church, to Sunday school, and to church camp, where she was fascinated by Bible stories from Genesis to Revelation. She has written several books for children under a different name and currently lives in New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Licha on April 04, 2021

Today is Easter. This was a perfect read for today. These are always great books for kids (an adults like me) but I wish this had been a little more thorough. It felt a little rushed at the end. Still, a good read for this day, and would be great to read aloud as a family. Facts I learned (these will......more

Goodreads review by Leta on February 19, 2015

My 9yo says, "I did not learn many new things about Jesus and there weren't many details. But I did like that they talked about Jesus as the man the Christians believe is the son of God and not as though it is a fact that Jesus is the son of God. That was good."......more

Goodreads review by Chelsie on July 11, 2015

I was a little surprised to see Jesus as part of the "Who was...?" series but I was very impressed with how this book was written. Now that I have read the book it is not so surprising to find Jesus as part of the series. The series looks at famous figures and generally "historic" figures and includ......more

Goodreads review by Nick on June 24, 2016

Not a bad introductory piece. Okay for kids, but the book definitely needs to be followed with some discussion. Ideas like Jesus being God's son, His work on the cross, His ideas towards your fellow man (being a "good person"), even other religions are all slightly flawed. The history is solid, alth......more

Goodreads review by Angie on April 25, 2017

Kids perspective : It was a very very good book even though I already knew some of the facts. It taught me more facts about Jesus and how he lived back in the day. I would recommend it.......more