Preface.The purpose of this publication is to present a practical help for pastors andfor all those who are involved in the teaching of Holy Scripture. It is the resultof a series of biblical circles the author himself has given to groups of faithful.The book can be used as a manual for any kind of biblical class concentrated onthe New Testament and as a general introduction for those who want to deepentheir knowledge of the Gospel.The book doesn't need a real introduction. The importance of this study and ofbible-study in general is exposed sufficiently in the first chapter. We can onlywish the reader that this book may contribute to the enrichment of his knowl-edge of our divine Redeemer and His message. Examples attract. We can becertain of the fact that more our memory and imagination are filled with thewords and acts of the God-man, more our life will approach this ideal.Each chapter is followed by a few illustrations and exercises. These exercisesare simple, and request a lot of time and work, but I exhort you to execute them.From experience the author has seen that they highly favour interest in the studyand meditation of the Holy Scripture.Fr. Robert MatheusThuckalay (South-India) 19981Foreword.Father Robert Matheus has developed, mainly by self-study, in anexcellent connoisseur of the Gospels of the New Testament. The twobooks that he has written so far on this topic illustrate this eloquently.They are fluently and agreeable to read and prove the big knowledgethat the writer has acquired, on the subject as well as on the abundantliterature on this topic.The modern literature about "Jesus" is for a big part far from recom-mendable. It looks like if recent writers (I think specially on one inFrance and one in The Netherlands) want to rival with Ernest Renan intheir denial of the historical character of what the Gospels want tocommunicate us about Jesus, the Son of Mary and the Son of God.Therefore Father Matheus has taken pen in hand, armed with an exten-sive...